Pillow fight

A pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children in which they attack each other with pillows. Since pillows are soft this rarely causes injury. The heft of a pillow can still knock a young person off balance, especially on a soft surface such as a bed, which is a common venue. In earlier eras pillows would often break, shedding feathers throughout a room. Modern pillows tend to be stronger and filled with a solid block of artificial filling, so this no longer occurs.

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Game - Children - Pillow - Injury - Bed - Feather

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The 1978 film Animal House, starring John Belushi, features a pillow fight in one scene.

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1978 - Animal House - John Belushi

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In 2005 students in Groningen set a record for the world's largest pillow fight with 2997 participants, observed by Guinness Records officials.

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2005 - Groningen - Guinness Records

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Pillow fighting has now become are part of flash mob culture with pillow fight clubs popping up in cities around the world.

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Flash mob - Culture - Pillow fight clubs - Cities

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