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[[Image:dunktank2.jpg|thumb|The dunking mechanism on the typical dunk tank is triggered by a ball hitting a small target.]]
A '''dunk tank''', also known as a '''dunking booth''' or '''dunking machine''', is
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In 2016, Canadian TV personality Leslie Horton filed a $150,000 lawsuit after she struck her head on an unpadded part of a dunk tank while at a fair put on by the Calgary Police Association on July 4th 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/global-calgary-tv-personality-files-150k-lawsuit-over-dunk-tank-incident |title = Global Calgary TV Personality Files $150K Lawsuit Over Dunk Tank Injury |first = Kevin |last = Martin |date = July 8, 2016 |newspaper = [[Calgary Herald]] }}</ref>
<ref>{{Citation |last=Powell |first=Emilia Justyna |title=International Law, Islamic Law, and Islamic Law States |date=2019-11-21 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190064631.003.0002 |work=Islamic Law and International Law |pages=25–85 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=2022-10-02}}</ref>The Lawsuit said that the incident had caused Horton brain damage, memory loss and concentration issues.
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