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Enter the Gawker Halloween Costume Contest—If You Dare

Brian Moylan · 10/29/10 03:12PM

If you're anything like us, you've spent the last few weeks conceptualizing and constructing your Halloween costume. Why let all that hard work go to waste when you could post some pictures here and win a prize?

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gawker.com · 10/25/10 12:50PM

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gawker.com · 10/19/10 02:29PM

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The Human Tower Competition Today in Spain

Jeff Neumann · 10/03/10 04:14PM

Today was the 23rd Tarragona Castells Competition in the Catalonia region of Spain, in which groups of "colles" made up of skilled "castellers" try to build very complex human towers using crazy techniques. More pics of human towers inside.

New Zealand School Holds Possum Throwing Contest

Jeff Neumann · 09/23/10 12:15AM

A school in New Zealand last week held a Possum Hunt and Gala, where students shot possums and then competed in a carcass-throwing contest. Answering critics, principal Colin Martin said, "Colyton School is about letting kids be kids."