Chasing A 70mph Cheese Wheel Down A Hill | Fascinating History

The Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling And Wake is a unique event that takes place in Gloucester, England each year... and you'd have to be insane to compete in it... Fascinating History posts weekly videos about infamous flops, failures and mistakes from throughout history... and whatever other weird stories from the past catch my eye. Thanks for watching! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5TIBm-idJXOa6BUh3sjuA/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/FunHistoryTales | https://www.instagram.com/funhistorytales/ | https://www.facebook.com/funhistorictales/ ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:49 - What is it? ► 04:17 - How is this allowed? ► 07:04 - Why? ► 10:50 - Has anyone died? ► 12:15 - Can I go and watch it? *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Seagull" by Telecasted *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Cheese Rolling: A brief history" published by BBC News, May 2009. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2009/05/07/cheese_rolling_history_feature.shtml ► "What is the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling tradition?" by Steve Knibbs, published by BBC News, May 2026. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz024gnm9z4o ► Cheese Rolling Website, published 2005. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20060321234709/http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/ ► "Cheese rolling races take place in baking heat" published by BBC News, May 2026. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c626nq7wx76t ► "Customs uncovered: the Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling contest" by Jon Wilks, published by Tradfolk. Link: https://tradfolk.co/customs/coopers-hill-cheese-rolling/ ► "German YouTuber retains cheese roll champion title" by Chloe Harcombe, published by BBC News, May 2026. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98rrde2d9no #history #failure #disaster #business #mistakes #weirdhistory