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Rich Jones & Victoria Jones

What is the Bottle Cap Challenge? Latest social media trend explained

The Bottle Cap Challenge is the latest summer social media craze after various bizarre trends in recent years.

It involves people side-kick the cap off a plastic bottle of water, placing the item on a flat surface and full unscrewing the top with a martial arts kick.

Singer-songwriter John Mayer posted a video of his effort, before acting star Jason Statham posted a slo-mo video of him taking part, the Mirror reports.

A host of other Hollywood stars have got involved too.

The challenge originated on June 25, courtesy of Taekwondo fighter and instructor Farabi Davletchin.

It is thought to have gone viral after it was picked up by MMA star Max Holloway, who tried it out on social media.

Jade Jones takes on the bottle cap challenge

Conor McGregor has taken part and challenged former opponent Floyd Mayweather after it spread through the UFC universe.

Holloway was also the man to challenge Hollywood star John Mayer, who in turn challenged Statham.

He then passed the challenge on to Guy Ritchie, whilst Ryan Reynolds and Ellie Goulding are amongst those who have also since taken part.

Other social media challenges have included the Ice Bucket Challenge, where people dump cold water of their heads, which raised awareness of ALS.

In 2016 there was the Mannequin Challenge, featuring videos of people remain frozen in action like mannequins.

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