For the past several evenings, I have noticed something called curling. For those that have never heard of this game, it involves 3 people...one to push a large disk and 2 more providing advanced janitorial duties with little brooms to direct the disk down the ice.
When I first saw this, I figured it had to have been invented by some bored Eskimo. So I looked it up, turns out the Scots originally created it back in the 16th century...most likely after a few too many in the local pub.
How it became an Olympic event remains a mystery.