The largest water balloon fight consisted of 8,957 participants and was achieved by Christian Student Fellowship at the University of Kentucky (USA) in Lexington, USA, on 27 August 2011. 175,141 water balloons were used during the fight.

The water balloon has stayed pretty much the same since its first appearance in 1950. British inventor Edgar Ellington was looking for a way to treat trench foot by filling up a latex sock with water - seeing that it leaked - he threw the orb against a table and watched it explode.

Explanation: The water filled balloon does not burst because the rubber obviously does not reach a temperature sufficient for it to melt or burn. The rubber is stretched thin so that heat is quickly transferred into the balloon.

PLANO (CBS11) - A water balloon fight is a slice of summertime perfection: but, the process needed some work according to a Plano man. "We'd get together and fill up tubs and tubs of water balloons," said Plano inventor Josh Malone.

Although we have rubber balloons since the first half of 19th century (Michael Faraday invented them in 1824 for his experiments) the first water balloons appeared 1950. That was when Edgar Ellington tried to find a solution for a much serious problem - trench foot.

: a balloon that is filled with water. The boys were throwing water balloons at each other.

The pressure inside the balloon is more than that of atmospheric pressure and it increases when we inflate a balloon. Balloon bursts when the pressure inside the balloon becomes higher than its wall capacity to hold.

The balloon will burst because the balloon has become weak from the expansion of the molecules and it no longer can withstand the pressure from the air molecules colliding inside and with the balloon.

Line up pairs facing one another at a minimal distance. Each time the water balloon is successfully tossed and caught without bursting, one of the partners takes a step back. Play it round by round, each team tossing the balloon at the same time. The last team remaining wins.

' The rubber balloon was invented in 1824 by Professor Michael Faraday, to be used in his hydrogen experiments at the Royal Institution in London. Faraday made them by cutting two sheets of tacky rubber and pressing the edges together to seal them.

Balloon (German: Ballon) is a German thriller drama film directed by Michael Herbig that was released in German cinemas on 27 September 2018. The film depicts the crossing of the Inner German border by the Strelzyk and Wetzel families from the GDR to West Germany with a self-made hot-air balloon in 1979.

Although we have rubber balloons since the first half of 19th century (Michael Faraday invented them in 1824 for his experiments) the first water balloons appeared 1950. That was when Edgar Ellington tried to find a solution for a much serious problem - trench foot.