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Amazing Races (do-over, ep. 171)
Episode 171

Amazing Races (do-over, ep. 171)

On your mark, get set, history!

Your Brain on Facts

November 17, 202135m 36s

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Show Notes

Quick, switch over to Vodacast to see the pictures I talk about in the episode!

From using a train in a car race to marathon doping with deadly poison, there's far more excitement in racing than simply declaring a winner.

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, Steve Oxen, David Fesliyan.  

Links to all the research resources are on our website.

 

 Sources:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/01/the-historic-new-york-to-paris-race-in-1908/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/

http://biologywriter.com/on-science/articles/pigeons/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Toronto-Stork-Derby

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paris-or-bust-the-great-new-york-to-paris-auto-race-of-1908-116784616/

 

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