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Article: PEOPLE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR IN WEIRD, WONDERFUL WAYS

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January 2, 2000
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WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press
The Columbian
01-02-2000
Spaniards celebrated by swallowing a grape and making a wish. Skydivers plunged toward shark-infested waters as they glimpsed the new millennium's first dawn off the coast of New Zealand.
And at the South Pole, researchers shed their coats and chilled the champagne at brrr! 26 degrees below zero.
Amid the fireworks and other festivities, there was plenty of wackiness to spice up the world's welcome of 2000.
Tens of thousands of revelers crammed into Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza to cheer the new millennium by swallowing a grape along with their bubbly. The tradition dates to 1916, when vine cultivators devised the ...

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