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In photos: The German Snuff Championships

by | 10th, June 2013

IN photos: the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany. The aim is for competitors to see which of them can cram the most snuff up their noses in 60 seconds. Each is given a  five gram snuff package.

There is no prize for which contestant ends up looking most like Hitler.

A competitor awaits the judges after she took snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five grams snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A competitor takes snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five gram snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A competitor awaits the judges after he took snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five grams snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Competitors take snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five grams snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A competitor takes snuff from a snuffbox at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five gram snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A competitor awaits the judges after he took snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five grams snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A competitor awaits the judges after he took snuff at the German Snuff Championships in Freihung near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The competition's aim is to snuff as much as possible from a five gram snuff package. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)



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