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<h2 id="charity">Charity</h2> <ul><li>Book Bucket Challenge – It went viral on <a href="/facts/Social_media/kUIkfpIA">social media</a> during August–September 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The original Ice Bucket Challenge involved participants pouring a bucket of ice over their head or donating money to the <a href="/facts/ALS_Association/pcJ4hRlP">ALS Association</a>. The Book Bucket Challenge involves people sharing the names of 10 books that inspired them on their <a href="/facts/Social_networking/qFIh6VT1">social networking</a> pages or donating books to the needy and sharing those photos with friends on <a href="/facts/Social_networking_site/qFIh6VT1">social networking sites</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Food_stamp_challenge/2xICbtwh">Food Stamp or SNAP Challenge</a> – a trend in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> popularized by religious groups, community activists and <a href="/facts/Food_pantry/AwLlrGlo">food pantries</a>, in which a family of <a href="/facts/Wealth/IkxfYrFc">means</a> chooses to purchase food using only the monetary equivalent of what a family that size would receive in the <a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">US federal government</a> <a href="/facts/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program/Wz21NjAe">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</a> (SNAP), <a href="/facts/Colloquialism/HvEweYjS">colloquially</a> called <a href="/facts/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program/Wz21NjAe">food stamps</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In 2015, this amounted to <a href="/facts/US%24/naEEDUhC">US$</a>194.00 per person per month, or nearly $7.00 per day.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ice_Bucket_Challenge/Eebcf3QK">Ice Bucket Challenge</a> – A charity-driven effort where a person "tags" three other people over social media, challenging them either to donate $100 to the <a href="/facts/ALS_Association/pcJ4hRlP">ALS Association</a>, or to otherwise douse themselves with a bucket of ice-cold water while filming themselves as well as making a smaller donation and tagging three others with the same challenge. As the challenge propagated, it tagged various celebrities and people with large numbers of social followers, causing the challenge to grow in a viral manner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rice_Bucket_Challenge/Y4jL5BMp">Rice Bucket Challenge</a> - This Indian origin challenge is the same as the Ice Bucket Challenge with a rice substitute.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/TrashTag/71RIzogN">Trashtag Challenge</a> – An environmental challenge encouraging people to clean-up litter and post before/after photos. The challenge went viral in 2019 and is part of a movement to clean up litter and trash from the outdoors. Organizations that are actively involved in the <a href="/facts/TrashTag/71RIzogN">challenge</a> include <a href="/facts/National_CleanUp_Day/ze0IyluR">National CleanUp Day</a>, <a href="/facts/Earth_Day/HS6NUuwB">Earth Day</a>, <a href="/facts/Keep_America_Beautiful/7RNe7Bnj">Keep America Beautiful</a>, and <a href="/facts/World_Cleanup_Day/9uNpxv5e">World Cleanup Day</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="crime">Crime</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/24_Hour_Fort_challenge/nVpLHeAR">24 Hour Fort challenge</a> - A challenge where participants must reach a location or venue before it closes for the evening and <a href="/facts/Trespass/8SAH8dNB">trespass</a> on the property by hiding in a 'fort'.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> This has led to arrests from law enforcement after employees discovered the trespassers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Devious_lick/zWqczAIB">Devious lick</a> – a trend, popular among teenagers, that involves stealing object(s) from school, such as soap, sanitizers and toilet paper.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> A similar trend involves students inserting foreign objects into a <a href="/facts/Chromebook/6aAkFzLV">Chromebook</a>, causing the device to catch fire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>Gallon smashing – A challenge which surfaced on <a href="/facts/YouTube/db276jst">YouTube</a> in 2013, originally invented by Zayd, Faysal, and Omar Khatib for TheChaizyChannel, gallon smashing involves obtaining bottles of liquid in a <a href="/facts/Supermarket/vmmcByVt">supermarket</a> (usually <a href="/facts/Cow%2527s_milk/wDJBUHvy">cow's milk</a> or water) and then throwing them against the floor and spilling their contents in such a way that the act is seen to be accidental rather than deliberate. The participant may attempt to damage other objects as they throw the bottles or fall into the resultant spill and seek the assistance of customers to help them up. Participants of this challenge have sustained injuries and received punishment from legal authorities, including the three teenagers who originally started the phenomenon.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Happy_slapping/jdl9oeh4">Happy slapping</a> – a fad in parts of Europe around 2005, mostly in the UK and France, where people randomly attacked others in public and had themselves filmed. Multiple people were killed as a result of these incidents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> An "anti happy-slapping" law enacted as a response to the fad in France resulted in a <a href="/facts/Happy_slapping/jdl9oeh4">debate about censorship</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kia_Challenge/FJAplNXq">Kia Challenge</a> - This was a challenge where a series of <a href="/facts/Motor_vehicle_theft/28GL4H40">motor vehicle thefts</a> took place which targeted <a href="/facts/Kia/Rcn7hKCT">Kia</a> and <a href="/facts/Hyundai_Motor_Group/hkXwBsAF">Hyundai</a> vehicles in the United States. According to the <a href="/facts/National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration/hz6QB8SN">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a>, this has led to 8 deaths.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>Penny Outlet Challenge – A participant plugs a <a href="/facts/Phone_charger/JfygTRaJ">phone charger</a> partly into an outlet, then touches a penny to the exposed prongs between the phone charger and the electrical socket, causing sparks and electrical damage and potentially starting a fire on the connected circuit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The Massachusetts State Fire Marshal issued a letter warning fire departments and schools regarding the challenge after three independent incidents in Massachusetts, two of which reportedly resulted in criminal charges.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> In December 2021, <a href="/facts/Amazon_Alexa/deexPRqM">Amazon Alexa</a> suggested the challenge to a 10-year-old. Alexa had reportedly taken the Penny Challenge from an online resource that specifically warned that the challenge was dangerous. Amazon later stated the problem had been fixed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>"Trash Bucket Challenge" aka "peoples' <a href="/facts/Lustration/ARf1QlyP">lustration</a>" – video coverage of illegal acts of extrajudicial throwing of allegedly corrupt politicians into trash dumpsters committed by far-right radicals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="food-and-drink">Food and drink</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Food_challenge/8893knES">Food challenge</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cinnamon_challenge/X6AY0QLT">Cinnamon challenge</a> – A viral Internet <a href="/facts/Food_challenge/8893knES">food challenge</a>. The objective of the challenge is to film oneself swallowing a spoonful of ground <a href="/facts/Cinnamon/Aag9baI6">cinnamon</a> in under 60 seconds without drinking anything,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> then upload the video to the Internet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> The challenge is difficult and carries substantial health risks because the cinnamon coats and dries the mouth and throat, resulting in coughing, gagging, vomiting, and inhaling of cinnamon, leading to throat irritation, breathing difficulties, and risk of pneumonia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> or a collapsed lung.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/One_Chip_Challenge/1BDRVF8I">One Chip Challenge</a> — A challenge that started in 2016, and formerly promoted by Paqui, a tortilla chip brand owned by <a href="/facts/The_Hershey_Company/oePcqX1y">The Hershey Company</a>. Participants must eat one Paqui <a href="/facts/Carolina_Reaper/0QvBaEdY">Carolina Reaper</a> chip, sold individually, and avoid eating or drinking anything afterwards. After a 14-year-old boy died on the same day that he attempted the challenge, Paqui withdrew the super-spicy chips from sale and offered refunds to customers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="human-body">Human body</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Deodorant/CfuqpAFx">Deodorant</a> challenge – involves either spraying deodorant onto the bare skin, often causing <a href="/facts/Aerosol_burn/VXulgGaj">aerosol burns</a>, or directly <a href="/facts/Inhaler/2VcjtkkJ">inhaling</a> deodorant, trying to achieve a <a href="/facts/Substance_intoxication/LRnMxrKd">high</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> This can cause a variety of symptoms, most notably <a href="/facts/Asphyxia/bahl3DJf">asphyxia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li>Eraser Challenge – a trend popular among school children where one rubs an eraser on their bare skin as hard as they can while reciting the English alphabet. This forceful rubbing action can cause <a href="/facts/Friction_burn/nI98Tqrl">friction burns</a> and scars to the skin if prolonged, and put the affected area at risk of infection, thus leading to parental concerns.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fire_challenge/TqbTE4R6">Fire challenge</a> – an activity which refers to the application of <a href="/facts/Flammable/1QexTQ4T">flammable</a> liquids to one's body and then setting the liquids aflame, while being video recorded. The aftermath is then posted to <a href="/facts/Social_Media/kUIkfpIA">social media</a> sites.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> Firefighters, police officers and media sources have chastised and spoken out against the activity, hoping to dissuade individuals from trying it due to its harmful nature.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> In 2021, a TikTok variant of this challenge involves drawing shapes on the bare skin using any flammable substance (typically alcohol) and lighting it on fire, resulting in similar consequences to the original.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kylie_Jenner/gSRgD4hG">Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge</a> – Based on trying to recreate the full lips of television star <a href="/facts/Kylie_Jenner/gSRgD4hG">Kylie Jenner</a>, Internet users show themselves using a small vessel like a shot glass that covers their lips, drawing all the air out of the vessel, and then releasing, which temporarily puffs the lips by drawing the user's blood into them. The activity is considered harmful, both from bruising and dis-figuration of the lips, and the potential for the vessel to shatter and cut the person.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Salt_and_ice_challenge/xTD6pTok">Salt and ice challenge</a> – Internet phenomenon wherein participants pour salt on their bodies, usually on the arm and ice is then placed on the salt.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> This causes a "burning" sensation, and participants are challenged to withstand the pain for as long as they can. The challenge is recorded and posted on YouTube or other forms of <a href="/facts/Social_media/kUIkfpIA">social media</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> This challenge has caused many burns as a result.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a></li> <li>Tooth Filing Challenge — a TikTok challenge involving participants using a nail or cuticle file to smooth out the rough edges or level uneven areas of their teeth. Dentists and orthodontists spoke out against this trend, as doing so can damage the <a href="/facts/Tooth_enamel/ffUMmssl">enamel</a> layer, which can lead to increased risk of <a href="/facts/Dental_trauma/H5NMYUYP">fracture</a> and <a href="/facts/Tooth_decay/trECbk2z">cavities</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a></li> <li>Yoga Challenge – A continuing YouTube video trend that first went viral during the summer of 2014 involving participants who attempt to perform a series of <a href="/facts/Acroyoga/CKpPJwhL">acroyoga</a> poses that are taken from the internet. Typically, participants are not trained in <a href="/facts/Yoga/HrhU9JdW">yoga</a>, which results in humorous outcomes (awkward stances, falling down, etc.). These attempts are captured on film, usually on a smartphone or tablet camera, and uploaded to YouTube. Usually, prior to attempting a pose, participants will show an image of the pose they are attempting. The contrast between correct poses by professionals and incorrect poses by amateurs adds to the humor. YouTuber <a href="/facts/Alfie_Deyes/LDSJSBJf">Alfie Deyes</a> posted a video titled <i>The Yoga Challenge!</i> in June 2014 which may have set off the trend. Deyes' video may have been inspired by various popular "couples' stunts" and "yoga fail" videos by channels such as <a href="/facts/PrankvsPrank/Jsceadok">BFvsGF</a> posted as early as 2012. BFvsGF reattempted the trend by posting a video titled "Acro Yoga Challenge" in July 2014. The "challenge" part may stem from the "30-Day yoga challenge" that was a popular fitness vlogging trend on YouTube as early as the mid-2000s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="music">Music</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Everywhere_at_the_End_of_Time/9EGKUMj0">Everywhere at the End of Time</a></i> – A challenge in which people listen to this six-hour album set from <a href="/facts/The_Caretaker_(musician)/oeERkvqp">Leyland James Kirby</a>, a sonic depiction of <a href="/facts/Dementia/T0MRDE9I">dementia</a> that features early 20th-century recordings (most prominently the 1931 song "<a href="/facts/Heartaches_(song)/dVmX87zc">Heartaches</a>") slowly become more degraded and jumbled until it devolves into noise in line with a dementia patient's memory and cognitive function. It emerged as an Internet challenge in 2020.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> Kirby was strongly in favor of the challenge as a way to raise awareness of dementia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mannequin_Challenge/ffkutou2">Mannequin Challenge</a> – a <a href="/facts/Viral_video/1Nn7oKTu">viral Internet video</a> trend that started in October 2016 where people remain still while a video is recorded, usually with music in the background, most commonly "<a href="/facts/Black_Beatles/vgvMduN4">Black Beatles</a>" by <a href="/facts/Rae_Sremmurd/eA91Ea6x">Rae Sremmurd</a>. It became especially popular with sports teams and athletes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Running_Man_Challenge/DjN49Pqx">Running Man Challenge</a> – A series of dance videos originally created by <a href="/facts/Hillside%2c_New_Jersey/42axL2Gv">Hillside, New Jersey</a> high school students Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall on <a href="/facts/Instagram/33s91jnV">Instagram</a> that uses the song "<a href="/facts/My_Boo_(Ghost_Town_DJ%2527s_song)/DjN49Pqx">My Boo</a>" by <a href="/facts/Ghost_Town_DJ%2527s/aX9EqAws">Ghost Town DJ's</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="stunts">Stunts</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bird_Box_challenge/a6w4yf28"><i>Bird Box</i> Challenge</a> – For its film <i><a href="/facts/Bird_Box_(film)/a6w4yf28">Bird Box</a></i>, where a significant plot element has characters keeping themselves blindfolded to prevent insanity, <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> partnered with <a href="/facts/Twitch_streamers/CB43hEW6">Twitch streamers</a> to challenge them to play video games blindfolded. However, the challenge morphed into people attempting everyday activities fully blindfolded while being recorded, which included attempting to cook, walk in busy streets, and drive cars. Several of these videos have gone viral, but others repeating the challenges have gotten themselves into a number of non-fatal injuries. Netflix and law officials have issued warnings that people should only perform <i>Bird Box</i> challenges in safe, isolated places to eliminate the potential to injure themselves and others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Blackout_Challenge/cbcW2PIc">Blackout Challenge</a>/Choking Game – A challenge involving deliberately tying belts, cords, and other ligatures around ones neck, for the purpose of experiencing a "high". While the blackout challenge did not originate on the Internet, it had resurfaced in popularity on <a href="/facts/TikTok/LC3FaCbX">TikTok</a> during the COVID-19 pandemic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> Several participants, mainly children and teenagers, had been hospitalized, and seven children had reportedly died, including a 10-year old <a href="/facts/Sicily/E6fug03z">Sicilian</a> girl who asphyxiated and was later declared brain dead after attempting the challenge.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a></li> <li>Bottle Cap Challenge – A martial arts challenge where one must kick the bottle cap off without knocking over the bottle itself.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a></li> <li>Condom challenge – A <a href="/facts/Viral_phenomenon/Wp7FEfuS">viral</a> Internet challenge. The challenge involves inserting a latex <a href="/facts/Condom/A39P32AV">condom</a> into the <a href="/facts/Nostril/p0IABNqA">nostril</a> and snorting it into the <a href="/facts/Nasal_cavity/N82Yw4LR">nasal cavity</a> and back through the <a href="/facts/Throat/JL1UKp5R">throat</a> to be coughed out of the <a href="/facts/Mouth/WthDlXsC">mouth</a>. The term "condom challenge" was coined in May 2012 following the widespread popularity of the <a href="/facts/Cinnamon_challenge/X6AY0QLT">cinnamon challenge</a>, but the idea is several years old and videos of challenge attempts date to at least 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> The challenge went viral in April 2013, when <a href="/facts/WorldStarHipHop/4dTPelUJ">WorldStarHipHop</a> posted a video of two young women attempting the challenge, and several people subsequently uploaded videos onto the Internet of themselves attempting the challenge. The stunt poses potential choking hazards.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Milk_crate_challenge/jgcbY57C">Milk crate challenge</a> - involves stacking <a href="/facts/Milk_crate/FPJotvIK">milk crates</a> and climbing the resulting structure, which is usually unstable and the resulting fall is likely to cause injuries.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Planking_(fad)/u5WdwRvy">Planking</a> - An internet phenomenon which emerged in 2011, which involved lying face down in peculiar and humorous locations.</li> <li>Skullbreaker challenge – A TikTok challenge that went viral in February 2020 and spread to other sections of the internet. The challenge possibly originated in <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> and involves two people convincing another person to jump, and then kick their legs out, causing the person jumping to fall on their head. Several people have been hospitalized after performing this challenge, but no deaths have been reported.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="others">Others</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Benadryl_challenge/I20UPD0T">Benadryl Challenge</a> – A challenge involving taking dangerous amounts of <a href="/facts/Benadryl/WAWopCS7">Benadryl</a>, to achieve a high, and experience hallucinations. Several teenagers had been hospitalized as a result of participating in the challenge, and one teenager from <a href="/facts/Oklahoma/fK28L1a4">Oklahoma</a> had reportedly died.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlie_Charlie_Challenge/VI0EAayv">Charlie Charlie Challenge</a> – A <a href="/facts/Ouija/w6rYcQKp">ouija</a>-emulating ritual in which the spirit of a Mexican demon named "Charlie" is invoked via two pencils in the shape of a cross and the words "yes" and "no" written on paper in a square. Social media users began circulating videos of pencils moving to the word "yes" when asking if the demon is present.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></li> <li>Fairy Flying — a trend which involves images of people "floating" in midair with their heads out of the frame, in an attempt to mimic <a href="/facts/Suicide_by_hanging/XrKwycE3">suicide by hanging</a>. Several mental health doctors have spoken out against it due to it possibly being able to encourage suicidal thoughts or negative thoughts amongst people who have had family members who have attempted or commit suicide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/No_Nut_November/xBI8rNdL">No Nut November</a> is an <a href="/facts/Internet_challenge/ofeYrp4D">internet challenge</a> revolving around <a href="/facts/Sexual_abstinence/zsNGTYGo">abstinence</a>, in which participants abstain from <a href="/facts/Masturbation/7uGXPrVc">masturbation</a> and <a href="/facts/Ejaculation/5RnfwCxG">ejaculation</a>, or colloquially "to nut", during the month of <a href="/facts/November/BTh2CLu7">November</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a> It originated in the early 2010s and grew in popularity on social media during and after 2017.</li> <li>Sailor Moon redraw challenge – in this challenge artists redraw a screenshot of <a href="/facts/Sailor_Moon_(character)/jfLkvNEF">Sailor Moon</a>, the character from the <a href="/facts/Sailor_Moon_(TV_series)/sCkroJID">series</a> of the same name, in their own art styles. Alternatively, the scene is redrawn with another fictional character taking her place.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Consumption_of_Tide_Pods/JG0mrx8I">Tide Pod Challenge</a> – Similar to other eating challenges, this saw people attempt to eat <a href="/facts/Tide_Pod/kSLWlJka">Tide Pods</a>, small packets filled with <a href="/facts/Laundry_detergent/J7yf1cQP">laundry detergent</a> and other chemicals that normally dissolve while in a washing machine. The challenge gained attention in late 2017 and early 2018, and quickly was addressed by several health-related organizations, as the chemicals in the packet are poisonous and toxic to humans. 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