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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)
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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 and strychnine. 4th place stole 2 peaches from a spectator, ate rotten apples from an orchard and took a nap.

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[โ€“] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The pure chaos of this race.

[โ€“] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

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

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