Pole sitting
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Pole sitting is the practice of sitting on top of a pole as a test of endurance. A small platform is typically placed at the top of the pole for the sitter. Led by the stunt actor and former sailor Al
14-year-old William Ruppert breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days, in 1929
A pole sitter in Amsterdam in 1979
Shipwreck Kelly in 1942
Four men sitting on crossed netted poles in a park
Fad
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A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation, or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time p
Pole sitting
…is typically placed at the top of the pole for the sitter. Led by the stunt actor and former sailor Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s, but mostly died out after the start of the Great Depression. Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of…
Pet rocks were a short-lived fad in the 1970s.