Boing Boing

Boing Boing

A sparrow died for knocking over 23,000 dominoes

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 15, 2025
∙ Paid

By Magere Hein - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

In November 2005, the Netherlands was preparing for Domino Day, an annual television event where millions of dominoes are arranged in elaborate patterns and toppled for a live audience. Four days before the broadcast, a house sparrow flew into the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden, landed on the wrong tile, a…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Happy Mutants LLC · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture