Contestants must carry a pancake in a frying pan and flip it at the beginning and end of the 415-yard race. The event began in Olney, England in the 15th century.
LIBERAL, Kan. — A woman from Liberal, Kansas, is this year's champion of the traditional Pancake Day Race against women in Olney, England.
Contestants must carry a pancake in a frying pan and flip it at the beginning and end of the 415-yard race. The event began in Olney in the 15th century. In 1950, Liberal challenged Olney to an international competition. Olney in Buckinghamshire, is about 60 miles northwest of London. Liberal is in southwest Kansas, just north of the Oklahoma state line and about 200 miles west of Wichita. spotlight This week in weird news: A look at strange happenings from around the world Here's a look at some of the strangest news stories from the past week.
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