The latest viral challenge is all about kicking the cap off a bottle

Bottles seem to be the internet's go-to tool for viral challenges.

A couple of years ago, it was all about bottle flipping — a simple trick that accelerated to the dizzy heights of online fame after one very memorable high school talent show.

These days, though, it's all about the bottle cap challenge.

It's tricky to track down the exact origin of the bottle cap challenge. If we trace the trail back from some recent celebrity videos, they appear to lead to this video of Slovakian man Roman Kambur posting his attempt on June 20.

Karo Pashikyan, an MMA fighter from Kazakhstan, then uploaded his own effort last week. He tagged Kambur, along with various MMA fighters and Hobbs and Shaw actor Jason Statham. Read more...