stackyFACTSA very vocal subset of runners decided that throwing away comfortable cushions and striking the pavement with bare skin is the only pure way to move. They proudly tolerate blisters just to spite modern shoe companies.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Transport →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
Because there is nothing holding the shoe to your heel, you are forced to scrunch your toes with every single step just to keep them on. This turns a totally…
Discover more
Wearing plastic spikes is brilliant for digging into grass and moving sharply, but wearing them on a hard surface is a disaster. It turns the wearer into an…
Discover more
Before high heels were a fashion statement, ancient performers strapped giant cork blocks to their feet purely to emphasize their importance on stage. If you…
Discover more
Not everything on the tracks weighs a thousand tons. These tiny, motorized inspection cars zip along the rails purely so track operators can look for broken…
Discover more
Riding a wicker basket attached to a fireball is ironically heavily dependent on freezing weather. Hot air balloons require a massive temperature differential…
Discover more
Duesenberg luxury automobiles were so obscenely glamorous and over-engineered in the 1920s that they single-handedly injected the phrase it is a doozy into…
Discover more