stackyFACTSLong before flashy entrance music and folding chairs to the back, highly scripted grappling was gripping the nation. People packed arenas to watch completely staged, melodramatic matches, proving we’ve always loved a fake fight.
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Before screens ruined our attention spans, watching people walk in circles was peak entertainment. 'Pedestrianism' was a massive 19th-century craze where…
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Because basketball was clearly too violent. The 1920 Games showcased korfball, a Dutch sport where men and women play together and absolutely no dribbling or…
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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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Robert Dover founded the Cotswold Olimpick Games in England around 1612, featuring a wildly popular and deeply violent sport known as shin-kicking. Two men…
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Ancient Mesoamerican ballcourts hosted brutal athletic competitions using a solid rubber sphere. The stakes were slightly higher than modern sports, as the…
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