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TIL The first man to finish the 1904 Olympic marathon rode in a car half the race. The actual winner had to be carried across the finish line after his coaches gave him a mix of brandy, eggs (...) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The pure chaos of this race.

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would watch this movie.

[–] Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz 2 points 10 months ago

Hell yeah!! I absolutely would! I would love to see a bit of the travels, travails and tribulations some went through just to get there! And then follow mime running / rat poison & eggnog guy; starving / cut down suit / stole peaches / rotten apple nap time guy (he could be a whole movie on his own!); drove half the course in a car / pretended to win but just for jokes dude and would have done better but was chased a mile off course by wild dogs man?!? Maybe a quick check in on massive internal injuries due to dust inhalation fella?? Also I want to know about intentional dehydration man!?! Was that really the best time to test your theories on intentional dehydration?? I mean, I guess it was but WTF?!?

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

It sounds like some old timey story as reminisced by grampa simpson