Factoids
Celebrated on the last Wednesday of the month of August.
There is no political or religious significance to La Tomatina, it's just good, messy fun.
Participants who show up from around the world: 20,000.
Number of tomatoes used: 150,000 ...that's over 90,000 pounds of tomatoes!
Dan Quayle's plural of tomato: tomatoees.
Buckets of water are thrown at the crowds first by the fight instigators in the tomato trucks, as a foreshadowing of the veggie barrage to come.
After the battle, you can hose off the splatter on the riverbank, where the town slaps together makeshift public showers.
Every year, the fight is nationally televised by the most prestigious agencies in Spain.