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Archived TIL: The men's marathon of the 1904 Summer Olympics featured: a gambler running in normal clothes, ratpoison tainted brandy, a runner being chased off course by dogs, hitchhiking, and rotten apples (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 years ago by jaceame
[–] 11297719? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) 3 years ago
Holy shit. This needs to be an animated short.
[–] Fambida 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) 3 years ago
Jesus Christ, I need a time machine. That sounds like a great time to be alive, but probably not to drink the brandy.
[–] Jay_Mac 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 3 years ago
They had niggers there as a sideshow lmao. A great time to be alive indeed!
[–] rocketrouser 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) 3 years ago
Here's a good video about the marathon for anyone interested.
[–] 11299830? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) 3 years ago (edited 3 years ago)
This is my favorite Wikipedia article, thanks for reminding me
Edit: goddamnit, some editor cut out the best part! The guy who ate the rotten apples actually decided to sleep it off.
[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) 3 years ago
The title hardly does justice to the article, lol
[–] littlemissfister 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 3 years ago
YOu mean when there were still sports?
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[–] 11297719? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Holy shit. This needs to be an animated short.
[–] Fambida 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Jesus Christ, I need a time machine. That sounds like a great time to be alive, but probably not to drink the brandy.
[–] Jay_Mac ago
They had niggers there as a sideshow lmao. A great time to be alive indeed!
[–] rocketrouser 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Here's a good video about the marathon for anyone interested.
[–] 11299830? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
This is my favorite Wikipedia article, thanks for reminding me
Edit: goddamnit, some editor cut out the best part! The guy who ate the rotten apples actually decided to sleep it off.
[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The title hardly does justice to the article, lol
[–] littlemissfister 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
YOu mean when there were still sports?