Since it was first started late last July, the Ice Bucket Challenge has engaged millions from all over the world, including top personalities such as politicians, celebrities, and even business tycoons. Some of the known personalities to first brave the challenge were Justin Timberlake, Triple H, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who in turn tagged Microsoft's Bill Gates-- one of the firsts to take the challenge to another level by devising an intricate contraption to dump the water on his head.

The Ice Bucket Challenge, originally known as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, was started by a former baseball player for Boston College, Peter Frates.

He wanted the challenge to help promote awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis disease or Lou Gehrig's disease, and to raise funds for ALS charities.

The Ice Bucket Challenge is pretty straightforward, anyone who is nominated by someone who performs the challenge, must either participate in the dumping of ice cold water on their heads, or donate $100 dollars to an ALS charity within 24 hours.

Even US President Barack Obama was reportedly tagged for a challenge, but declined to dump cold water on his head and opted to donate a generous amount to the ALS charities instead. Reports say that this was due to a law that prohibits public servants in the US to personally take part in charity works.

The Ice Bucket Challenge has proven to be a great help to the charities catering to patients with Lou Gehrig's disease, as donations that poured in have reportedly reached an accumulated record-high of $100 million, ever since the challenge was first introduced in July.