A deposit of cow dung is referred to in American English as a cow chip, or less commonly cow pie, and in British English as a cowpat. When dry, it is used in the practice of cow chip throwing popularized in Beaver, Oklahoma in 1970. On April 21, 2001 Robert Deevers of Elgin, Oklahoma, set the record for cow chip throwing with a distance of 185 feet 5 inches. Cow dung is also used in Hindu religious fire yajna as an important ingredient.