Miscellaneous
In the year 1904, the Olympics were still young. Well, the modern Olympics were young. After the first two were held in Athens and Paris respectively, the 3rd Olympics were held in Louisiana. Things did not go as well as they had hoped. The Louisiana Purchase Expo bullied the Olympic committee into moving the Olympics to Louisiana after they were supposed to be held in Chicago. The LPE was full of exhibits, info, athletes, and most of all, racism. And that carried over into the Olympics. You know the "Special Olympics", but you don't know about the Special Olympics they held! Also, we get to talk about the 1904 Olympic marathon. This is probably the biggest group of rag tag runners to have ever graced the Olympics. The winning time is still the slowest winning time ever! So yes, these guys were studs! Thing is, some of them almost die, and one of them almost steals 1st! It's quite the wild ride, even for us!Sourceshttp://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/felix-carvajal-mailman-stopped-talk-crowd-stole-peach-took-nap-still-somehow-managed-come-fourth-1904-olympic-marathon/https://www.history.com/news/8-unusual-facts-about-the-1904-st-louis-olympicshttps://www.boredpanda.com/1904-olympic-marathon-st-louis/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition#1904_Summer_Olympicshttps://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/1904-st-louis-hosted-first-olympics-american-soil-it-was-kind-mess#stream/0https://slate.com/culture/2008/08/remembering-the-anthropology-days-at-the-1904-olympics.htmlhttps://humanzoos.org/category/explore/st-louis-worlds-fair/