This was wild! Strychnine, dehydration, severe internal injuries from breathing dust while running... wowza.
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While Frederick Lorz was greeted as the apparent winner, he was later disqualified as he had hitched a ride in a car for part of the race.
This has long been one of my favorite pieces of Olympic lore. I’ve always enjoyed the winner being disqualified because he’d actually been in a car for part of the race (yet still posted a worse time than past marathons), but there were a lot of new tidbits in here!
Holy shit. #20 looks just like Daniel Craig.
Daniel Craig immortal day walker vampire confirmed. Controversial Blade prequel trilogy incoming.
There's an episode of Stuff You Should Know about this event.
Oh cool I did not know that. I’ll check it out!
I'm on my phone so this is the best I can do for a link https://stuffyoushouldknow.com/episodes/&_search=1904
This would make a good movie! Strychnine as a performance enhancer, TIL