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Try to imagine Johnny Carson saying “I did not know that” as you read this:

When, in the year 1288, after the Battle of Worringen, Düsseldorf received its town charter, the children turned “wheels of joy”. Since then, small Radschläger can be seen here and there in the city, displaying their abilities for a penny. The fastest and best ones in this discipline are crowned during the cart-wheeling tournament, which is held annually on Königsallee.

There’s even a Cartwheel FountainRadschlägerbrunnen — on the Burgplatz.

(Suggested by Frill Seeker Diary.)

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3 comments

  1. Dick Stanley »

    9 March 2010 · 9:46 pm

    There’s a festival for everything, somewhere in the world.

  2. fillyjonk »

    10 March 2010 · 6:07 am

    I love the whole world, in all its craziness…

  3. Jeff Shaw »

    10 March 2010 · 4:11 pm

    Ich wusste nicht, dass

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