Air Guitar World Championships-The world’s top air guitarists will gather in Oulu, Northern Finland for the 19th time this August.

Baby Jumping-When in Spain, jump over babies! Well, why not? This festival is called El Colacho to locals but internationally it’s referred to as the baby jumping festival. Yes, you read that right. During this festival, men dressed as the devil in red and yellow jumpsuits jump over a row of up to 10 babies

Bed Racing-The sport of Bed Racing has been embraced by the people of the North Yorkshire Town of Knaresborough. The first race in 1965 was only open to Army, Navy and American Marines, but now the competition is open to anyone.The competitors race in teams of five, plus one on the bed. Each team must provide their own bed, decorated in the theme for the year. The bed runs on four wheels, but also need to be able to float. The 3km run race begins and ends at Conyngham Hall. About halfway through the run, the teams face the one-in-five gradient climb to Castle Top before it’s back down the hill and toward the final challenge, crossing a river.

Bee Wearing-This Chinese contest is beyond bizarre. The winner is decided by the most weight of bees. The Guinness World Record holder wore around 87 pounds, which was around 350,000 bees.

Bog-snorkelling-The reckless, fearless and the just plain filth-loving join in this competition each year, whereby participants must navigate their way through a 60ft-long peat bog without using any kind of conventional swimming strokes. Snorkels, masks and flippers are allowed but you’re only allowed to raise your head above the gunk a maximum of four times. The perfect event for anyone who thinks that Glastonbury in the rain is just a bit too clean.

Bossaball-Bossaball is spectacular new and unusual sport invented in Spain by Filip Eyckmans who developed the concept 2004. It is similar to volleyball, but also includes elements of football, gymnastics and capoeira. The game played on a specially designed inflatable court with a circular trampoline on each side of a net. It is a ball game between two teams, each consisting of 3 to 5 players.

Cheese Rolling-A team roll a wooden ‘cheese’ during the Stilton Village Festival cheese rolling competition on May 5, 2014 in Stilton, England. The Stilton annual cheese rolling competition, which is held every May involves teams of four competing against each other by rolling cheese down the High Street to be crowned the ‘Stilton Cheese Rolling Champions’.

Extreme Ironing-Extreme Ironing is an extreme sport and a performance art. People who play this unusual sport go to a remote location and iron clothes! They call themselves ‘ironists’, and get a thrill from taking their ironing board, unplugged iron and some of their wrinkly clothes to some extreme places and photograph themselves doing it. Such places that they have reached include extreme altitude, underwater, hanging from cliffs, and on top of vehicles. According to the official website, extreme ironing is the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.

Mobile Phone Throwing-Started in Finland in 2000, competitors can either go traditional and throw over the shoulder or freestyle where competitors apparently get points for aesthetic and creative choreography.

Nailympia-The Olympics of fingernails occurs every year, and has occurred for 10 years now. There are normal categories and ridiculous ones, like the fantasy category.

Ostrich Racing-Ostrich race in 1933 in The Netherlands ... 1892; it and its races became one of the most famous early attractions in the history of Florida.

Poohsticks-Poohsticks is a sport first mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner, a Winnie-the-Pooh book by A. A. Milne. It is a simple sport which may be played on any bridge over running water. Each player drops a stick on the upstream side of a bridge and the one whose stick first appears on the downstream side is the winner. The annual World Poohsticks Championships have been held at Day’s Lock on the River Thames in the UK, since 1984.

Roach Racing-Australia is home to the Roach Racing competition. Contestants bring roaches to the event and release them in the center of a tarp. The first roach to reach the edge wins.

Shovel Racing-Shovel racing started as a way for ski lift operators to get down a mountain. It can be done on regular or modified shovels, and reach speeds of 60 mph. It was in the first X Games, but was removed due to safety concerns. It was too extreme for the EXTREME games.

The World Beard and Moustache Championships-Held every two years in Brighton, England. Beard and moustache wearers from all over the world come together to see who is the boss of the beard

The World Conker Championships-More from the other side of the pond. In this epic challenge, competitors must swing a conker (the seed of the horse chestnut tree) on the end of a string. The goal is to smash your opponents conker to smithereens. A fall school yard classic in the UK.

The World Marbles Championship-This ancient competition is held annually on Good Friday at the Greyhound pub near London.

The World Pancake Racing Championship-A British classic, this contest is held every spring on Shrove Tuesday

Toe Wrestling-Arm wrestling is so mainstream these days. For those that really want to do something unique, yet challenging toe wrestling is the way to go. To toe wrestle, you need to place your foot flat against your competitors and link your big toes together. Like arm wrestling, you then try to force the competitor into submission. I wonder if making your foot as nasty, stinky and covering it in contagious fungus before a competition is against the rules because while it would be gross, it certainly seems like a good way to win.

Wife Carrying Competition-Wife carrying is a sport in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate. It is held annually in Finland in early July, and requires a man to negotiate a 253.5 m course while carrying their wife on their back. The course includes various surfaces and getting through dry land and water based obstacles. The prize to the winner is a mobile phone, and more importantly they also win their wife’s weight in beer.

World Bodypainting Festival-Get creative at this international classic. Above a makeup-artist at work at the World Bodypainting Festival 2014 on July 5, 2014 in Poertschach am Woerthersee, Austria.

World Gurning Contest-A competition where the ugliest face wins. Gurning is apparently a word for pulling a face, and you probably are not surprised to know that there is a World Gurning Contest. Gurning competitions are originated in 1297 at the Egremont Crab Fair, in the UK. It makes sense then that as part of ‘Crab Fair’ in this part of the world they hold face pulling competitions to see who can make the ugliest face.

World Worm Charming -More from those wacky Brits, this time the art of worm charming. Competitors coax worms out of jars with their minds alone.

World’s Ugliest Dog Competition-Pabst competes in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. The toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix won top honors. The 25th running of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest takes place Friday, June 20, 2014, at the Sonoma County Fair in Petaluma, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger