Portugal outlawed dwarf-tossing Thursday after the first two cases were recorded in the north of the country late last month, the government's Directorate of Entertainments said.
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Dwarf-tossing is believed to have originated in Australian bars and consists of throwing a dwarf as far as possible across a bar room. The government ruled that the "sport" infringes on human rights, but "Mr. Flyman," a 36-year-old French dwarf weighing in at 121 pounds who has made flying across bars his profession, defended the spectacle.