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Cheese-rolling Festival

The annual cheese-rolling festival at Cooper’s Hill near Gloucester, England has been held since at least the early nineteenth century but possibly dates back six hundred years or more. Competitors race down a hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester Cheese, a local delicacy. The first person to cross the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. 

Cheese-rolling might sound like a fairly benign pastime, but injuries are common. In 2023, six competitors were injured so badly they had to be transported to hospital by ambulance and a competitor in the woman’s event finished unconscious and only learned of her victory when she woke up under medical treatment!

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