Tom Scott | This town throws pennies at people. They hurt. @TomScottGo | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 10 minutes ago
The Honiton Hot Pennies ceremony is the result of 800 years of tradition: from when rich people would entertain themselves by throwing scalding-hot pennies onto the poor people below. These days, it's a bit less dangerous... but only a bit.

DoP: Dave Mackie davemackie.co.uk
Camera; Jared Zwarts
Editor: Julian Domanski
Thanks to Dave Jacobs for the suggestion

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