Fox Tossing Apparently Used To Be A Thing...And It Was Disturbingly Popular

It's no secret that the nobility of ancient Europe had some controversial ways of amusing themselves. Everything from throwing giant parties to torturing and killing peasants was fair game. While the latter of those two sounds pretty brutal, just wait until you hear about Fox Tossing. Fox Tossing was a game played throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries by members of the nobility. It was particularly popular in present-day Germany. Wikipedia The rules of the game were simple: first, the participants paired off into teams of two. Each team member held one end of a sling that was...