40: Swimming without water
Lateral with Tom Scott
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The History of the Olympics
No rugby players, no swimmers were disqualified for this to happen. Did he just cheat and run around the pool? It was a marathon or something that they just... No, didn't cheat. They performed exactly as they intended to when they were awarded thusly. Do you know anything about what the Olympics were like in the very first days of the competition? Messy. The fact that it's 1924 is very relevant to this question or at least that it's in that time period is relevant. If only we were taught history.
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