Extreme ironing is a type of extreme sport in which individuals carry clothes and ironing boards to remote or unsafe sites to iron. ¹⁾

The Chinese were the first to iron. Already in the 8th century, they smoothed the fabrics with rounds of heated coals. ²⁾

The first iron was developed in the 18th century: It was a block of metal, smoothed on one side, with a handle. This metal was usually cast iron, hence the name. ³⁾

The electric iron was invented in 1882 by Henry Seeley, he placed an electrically heated heating coil with a power of several hundred watts inside, powered by the home electric grid. ⁴⁾

A mangle is actually an iron too, only in XXL format. ⁵⁾