stackyFACTSBlending the thrill of extreme outdoor sports with the mundane chore of pressing shirts, extreme ironing is an utterly bizarre physical discipline.
Blending the thrill of extreme outdoor sports with the mundane chore of pressing shirts, extreme ironing is an utterly bizarre physical discipline. Competitors drag ironing boards, irons, and crumpled garments up sheer cliff faces, underwater, or mid-air during skydiving jumps to smooth out wrinkles. The entire endeavor began as a tongue-in-cheek joke in the UK but evolved into a global phenomenon with heavily documented world championships.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Psychology →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
Forget expensive running shoes; you just need to smell a candy cane. Studies reveal that athletes who inhale strong peppermint aromas right before a sprint…
Discover more
Taking the internet by storm, this surprisingly intense athletic subculture requires participants to jump over massive hurdles and perform graceful dressage…
Discover more
Which psychological blindspot makes intense sports fans genuinely believe the opposing team's supporters are all identically obnoxious?
Discover more
Doing something stupid feels vastly superior to doing nothing at all. Action bias proves that humans would rather take proactive, useless steps than sit idly.…
Discover more
Generosity is an illusion governed by context. The Less-is-Better effect proves that when evaluated separately, people perceive a highly-priced small item as…
Discover more
Ask them how their day was, and an hour later you are learning about the complex lore of their uncle's boat. Tangential speech is a communication disorder…
Discover more