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    • wtgW
      wtg
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      How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time

      Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis

      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1904-marathon-became-one-of-the-weirdest-olympic-events-of-all-time-14910747/?utm_placement=newsletter

      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        • MikM
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          Funny - just drove back from The Lou today. (I guess they call it that. Cardinals have it on their uniforms).

          “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
          ― Douglas Adams

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