stackyFACTSBefore screens ruined our attention spans, watching people walk in circles was peak entertainment. 'Pedestrianism' was a massive 19th-century craze where athletes would aggressively walk for hundreds of miles inside indoor arenas while thousands of drunk spectators cheered them on.
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Long before flashy entrance music and folding chairs to the back, highly scripted grappling was gripping the nation. People packed arenas to watch completely…
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While anyone else making a joke about the monarch would swiftly lose their head, the court jester had a literal legal pass to roast the royal family. It was…
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Nothing makes a sport more accessible than a point system that defies all mathematical logic. While early versions likely used a clock face to track scores…
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Because the earliest champions were just regular guys with incredible cardio. A cook named Coroebus won the only event at the very first games, trading in his…
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The universal gesture for casual triumph did not actually exist until 1977, when two Los Angeles Dodgers players awkwardly collided hands after a home run.…
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Back in the mid-nineteenth century, officiating a major sporting event was apparently a highly relaxing gig. Early umpires were actually allowed to sit in…
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