Pillow fight
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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.
The 1978 film Animal House, starring John Belushi, features a pillow fight in one scene.
In 2005 students in Groningen set a record for the world's largest pillow fight with 2997 participants, observed by Guinness Records officials.
Pillow fighting has now become are part of flash mob culture with pillow fight clubs popping up in cities around the world.