History's Worst Olympic Marathon in a Nutshell

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[@adamsaldana5462]

This marathon really needs to be a movie. It is such a fun story

[@andrewmgoss]

It would be too unbelievable haha

[@iron1349]

Only if it's filmed in Missouri.

[@fallen4501]

@@iron1349 xd

[@bluezircon1432]

Death is fun.

[@cg_bones]

It would make a great comedy

[@umarahmed2378]

So to sum up, we have one guy who was chased off course by dogs, another who rode almost to the finish line in a car, and the winner was fed rat poison by his own coach and had to be carried over the finish line. Somewhere in this mix there's also a broke Cuban mailman gambler who ended up cutting his pants to make a pair of improvised shorts. Said broke Cuban mailman gambler then ate a rotten apple in the middle of the race, got sick, decided to take a little nap and, somehow, still finished fourth (man post in Cuba must have been really reliable with mailmen like this guy). Are you sure this isn't a Looney Tunes episode?

[@chasenovak122]

God, that man is truly a hero.

[@genericname4739]

I like to think if the Cuban guy didn't take a nap he would have won. Which would have been hilarious.

[@Bruh-jz1se]

Reality sure is stranger than fiction

[@chlorophyll6154]

You ain't need looney toons just history

[@canyonntt6969]

This is too wild and unbelievable to be in Looney Toones

[@wombat4191]

Gotta respect that Cuban mailman, just chit-chatting, fruitnapping, napping his way to fourth. He must have been really fast when he did actually run.

[@hermitcrabguy29]

The Cuban guy is the second Cuban to ever participate in the Olympics. He got there by raising funds to travel to St.Louis, gambling all of it away (allegedly), and then ran the rest of the way to the race. As he arrived only hours before the race he proceeded to run the entire marathon dehydrated, hungry, and sleep deprived. While also wearing a long sleeve button up shirt, long pants that he cut the legs off of to make shorts, and heavy work boots. And then ate those rotten apples to fill his stomach and kept stopping to talk to fans, which further delayed his runtime. The fact that this man got 4th place seems superhuman given the circumstances. His name is Félix "Andarín" Carvajal. "Andarín" translates to "The Runner" in English. I am commenting this six months after you typed this comment because I fucking love this guy.

[@voidwalkerbruh7426]

Whoa

[@KarmasAB123]

@@hermitcrabguy29 Who the hell doesn't know a ROTTEN apple when they see one?

[@joshuagraham1800]

@@KarmasAB123 Maybe they weren't rotten rotten, like they were just at the start of decay? and maybe his hungry brain just couldn't care.

[@Batchall_Accepted]

​@@KarmasAB123they might have been "crab" apples which look almost like normal apples but have a sour taste and give you awful stomach cramps like what was described

[@blafoon93]

For anyone else wondering why they gave their runner strychnine despite knowing that it is toxic even back then: strychnine reduces/stops the natural inhibition of your muscle contractions. Basically it results in spasms, this will eventually lead to asphyxiation but seeing how he finished the race they seem to have successfully walked the line between keeping their man going and killing him. Still I rate 0/10 do not recommend, especially not in combination with brandy.

[@seanhartnett79]

Lol

[@AlbinoAxolotl]

Oooh thank you so much! I was wondering what the heck the reasoning behind that could have been. Considering the time period, I just chalked it up to basic medical incompetence/insanity and not something that had a logical basis, however dangerous and shortsighted.

[@seanhartnett79]

@@AlbinoAxolotl yep

[@sleptiq]

Are you a doctor?

[@jonathangoodman9089]

It should also be mentioned that it was considered dangerous to give athletes water during sporting events. Seriously. Look up the history of Gatorade to learn more.

[@Marcyt100]

Felix Carvajal went on to be chosen to represent Cuba in the 1906 Olympics in Athens, but never made it there, vanishing after arriving in Italy. He was believed dead, with Cuban newspapers printing his obituary, before inexplicably returning home on a steamship the following year.

[@JohnnyWindmill]

Sounds like something he would do

[@hermitcrabguy29]

Yeah! He got the date of the Olympics wrong and ended up attending a bunch of other races, completely unaware of what was going on back home! I fucking love this guy

[@brennaleeann213]

I love this man

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@hermitcrabguy29 l ol

[@sriramadharapurapu2262]

Sounds like he slept again

[@bahevenarrnonvul]

It had taken me 16 seconds to realise that the blue jay, is the KZbinr walking me through the video. I just thought that the 1904 Olympic games was spoiled by a giant blue jay from the thumbnail.

[@BlueJayYT]

This actually made me laugh lmao

[@stevenyoung9738]

well sometimes you achieve amazing things that are too illegal, but you have to make a video and explain them without outing yourself

[@raedwulf61]

LOL. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, eh?

[@richardrahl9371]

To be fair, that wouldn't have made it that much weirder.

[@HopalongGinsberg]

From the sound of it, that's about the only thing that DIDN'T happen.

[@bindedshadow]

Jesus christ, I figured maybe it'd be a mild comedy of errors, but it was just intentionally awful. The level of escalation to this was just amazing. Great video!

[@BlueJayYT]

It just seems too crazy to be true! And thanks :)

[@dragonsword7370]

Look up the whole affair! With the competition world's fair going on at the same time it made a farce into a deadly sh*tshow. The swimming competitions took place in a man made lake... that was being used by all the livestock to run off their defecation! Several athletes died on the way back during the ocean voyages home from all that stuff getting in them. Pretty much getting the same water good get in a mass flood in their mouths. This was notable for the archery competitions. A woman placed above to win gold medals and it had the oldest man to participate in that sport in Olympic history. I mean, the list goes on forever my dude.

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

​@@dragonsword7370 That entire olympic event probably set several world records.

[@jamesjameston4171]

As a person from St. Louis, I can confirm that the shit talk is justified.

[@orangesplatproductions]

I live in mid Missouri

[@kittymervine6115]

@@bigmoniesponge I read that as "The arch is a bit rundown" and yes it is. When I was there, the carpeting at the top had holes in it and even the viewing windows were messy. Side note my friend had a panic attack in the little cat food cans humans ride to get to the top, and I filmed it and put it on KZbin, because ...that's what we do now.

[@gonzo5608]

St. Louis also smells like shit, literally smells like shit

[@johndoe-fd7rd]

Had a building fall on my head in st Louis. Frickin misery.

[@User_2345h]

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[@BlueJayYT]

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[@bastrdojenkins4478]

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[@John_the_Paul]

Already is

[@michaelrobbins894]

@@BlueJayYT that’s How I found your channel

[@RobinTheBot]

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[@morthim]

"being the equivalent of winning a nobel prize" that is quite a stretch "a pulitzer prize" that is more like it. "or my parents approval" the pulitzer would be easier.

[@VungL]

Isn't Pulitzer prize somewhat equivalent to Nobel prize for journalism?

[@Isometrix116]

@@VungL It’s like the Nobel prize if the Nobel prize had lower standards than my last girlfriend… which, considering she dated me, the standards are pretty low.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Consider, Obama got a Nobel...

[@v21829]

@@VungL and only for americans

[@VungL]

@@Isometrix116 wow burned yourself just to prove a point. I like it 😂

[@MrTroves]

The reason the couch gave him a sponge with distilled water instead of actual water is because the support teams were banned from giving the runners water. In order for water to be handed over, it needed to be handed over by a spectator. This was literally one of the rules that the monster of an organizer set up as part of his experiment.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

insane.

[@hellc4t639]

This was the first special Ed, Edd and Eddie olympics.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

But did anyone get giant jawbreakers?

[@concept5631]

This is the sequel to the 1st, and only, Ed Edd and Eddie movie.

[@StuntzMcKenzy2D]

Being drunk and running an Olympic marathon in a Missouri summer sounds like torture. As a Missourian that has had some tough hangovers, that hangover must have felt like struggling not to die.

[@locantora]

Fun fact: there’s a shoe store along the path they had to run on

[@jamesh7469]

Looks like somebody watched the Jon Boos video

[@matthewbrotman2907]

Parts of this were repeated in later Olympic races. The 1908 marathon had the wacky finish; the 1924 cross-country event had the “half the field succumbed to heatstroke”.

[@chrismurphyracing94]

1912 with Shizo Kanakuri of Japan dropped out halfway through and no one really knew and it was just assumed he disappeared until a Swedish TV station brought him back to finish in 1967 (despite him having competed in 1920 and 1924)

[@nathanthanatos3743]

Don't forget how the Russian team was 2 weeks late because they had never switched over to the Gregorian calendar system.

[@christopherwall2121]

@@nathanthanatos3743 Goddammit, Nicky

[@rickpgriffin]

The fact that Felix took frequent breaks running in the heat on a dusty road probably worked out the most in his favor, over people anyone who actually tried to run it in one go

[@Shantari]

Longest time overall in a Marathon race gotta go to Shizo Kanakuri who ran in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, as one of the first Asian participants of the Olympic games. Unprepared for the surprisingly hot Swedish summer, he got dehydrated, was helped by some locals, and then left Sweden without ever notifying the Olympic officials. He later returned and completed the run at a record (of sorts) time of 54 years and 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20 seconds.

[@dominofuel8050]

How the heck did the guy who was dehydrated, poisoned, and drunk run a marathon in the heat only 10 minutes slower than my PR?

[@stevencooper4422]

Because it was a course from hell, designed to punish the athletes to study dehydration. Imagine how well he would've done if it was a 50 degree morning on a normal track

[@jeffbenton6183]

Don't feel bad, I'm sure your worst ever time is at least an hour faster than whatever my PR would be.

[@GamerGrovyle]

Your PR wasn't on a course containing seven hills, dirt roads, stone laced gravel paths, incoming traffic and no water.

[@blahthebiste7924]

ITT: people thinking OP wants an explanation for how slow the Olympic athlete is, when in reality, he is incredulous at how fast the athlete was despite the abhorrent conditions@@GamerGrovyle

[@HannibalBarca218bc]

He still beat me....

[@drwinlied]

ok this story is hilariously sad enough, but the story-telling, animation, and comedic timing of this video put it on an entirely different level of hilarious. I genuinely laughed a bunch. Thanks for the great work.

[@Rendarth1]

Oh man. This, plus the Baltic Sea Fleet. Two events I knew were stupidity-fueled catastrophes, but not to the hilarious extent described here. Subscribed.

[@wangsengsin2527]

And they both happened at about the same time too!

[@CesarGarcia-nd5xz]

Fun fact: in the Baltic fleet video the admiral was reading in the news paper about the 1904 Olympics

[@aquamech154]

Funnily enough, I watched this video immediately after watching the Baltic Fleet one as a total coincidence

[@sagacious03]

Rewatching this, I went into this video not expecting casualties, & left it wondering how there were ultimately FEWER casualties than I ended up expecting.

[@hmm2364]

I'm surprised they didn't called the Olympics "the hunger games" in 1904.

[@hmm2364]

Thanks for 14 likes!!

[@Imperiused]

More like "The Thirst Games"

[@hmm2364]

@@Imperiused I could see that

[@justalonesoul5825]

More like "The Long Walk" in my opinion, but it's an older reference :P Geez the Olympics were not that great at the time! I would never have guessed! xD

[@justcommenting6791]

That Cuban mailman is a true giga Chad. He is the living embodiment of the tortoise from the tortoise and the hare

[@ryans6280]

I love how first thing he did after working his ass off to get to America was blast all his money away gambling in New Orleans 🤣

[@et99366]

Currently feeding my Sam O’nella addiction now that he’s gone

[@hannibalburgers477]

he dead?

[@MethLord]

@@hannibalburgers477 Not yet

[@nkkalashnikov]

@@hannibalburgers477 Probably dead inside since he's in university (afaik) Or idk maybe he handles studying better than the average person but still inactive either way

[@concept5631]

@@hannibalburgers477 Dead inside given how much his reddit account's been harrassed.

[@joaohelionvasddoloadeo9768]

He came back

[@kaasloo1303]

Loved how the Cuban man talked to bystanders, very funny

[@maddisonhornell8746]

'I have an imagination.. sue me' hahaha Your content is brilliant.

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you! :)

[@MegaAstroFan18]

1904 doctors were starting to move into a better place. Germ theory had become accepted by the 1890s, so applied medical science was starting to morph around that, since they finally knew what caused illness. But yeah, 1904 not TOO much had changed yet.

[@Shaun_Jones]

Plus, I think it may have still been legal to put heroin in cough syrup at that time.

[@hadracks]

I think 1900 is considered the turning point when seeing a doctor could you more than hurt you. Before that doctors often made your condition worse and after 1900 medicine gradually got better.

[@SuperFranzs]

@@Shaun_Jones They still use opioids in stronger cough syrups today.

[@TlalocTemporal]

@@Shaun_Jones -- Uranium hadn't been discovered yet, so no risk of radiation poisoning, and only lead to worry about for heavy metal poisoning.

[@Aztesticals]

@@TlalocTemporal ....... you ever heard of mercury, iron, cobalt, Nickle, gold, molybdenum, or any of the other 20+ heavy metals frequently used in dyes and cosmetics that killed people from heavy metal toxicity since before the year 1500. Or thorium, radium, or the other radioactive elements used in stupid things like paint dyes, food, drinks, etc since the late 1890s. Actually nvm radium paint started in 1910. But the heavy metal part still stands

[@Grubiantoll]

3:28 ain't that bad considering the circumstances, most casual marathon runners wouldn't even probably survive that

[@scottlarson1548]

Yes, that dying runner beat my marathon PR by a half hour. Now that's depressing.

[@Shaun_Jones]

@@scottlarson1548 same here, and I was trying to beat that time

[@justalonesoul5825]

People today (I mean in developped countries mainly) dont walk, ride a bike or exercise physically in any way relatable to people a hundred years ago, specially considering from the very young age. They are probably not near as resilient to pain either, additionally or consequently. Also, they dont get dosed to the point of nearly dying out of it. Might be worth insisting on. Casual runners go to work the next monday :p Finishing is excellent enough. Dont beat yourself up and very well done, pal! x)

[@DanArnets1492]

@@scottlarson1548 - The 42195m distance wasn't established until the 1908 Olympic Games - This was a 40km marathon

[@AceElementYT]

I wish we knew Carvajal's time - how bad was the race if you can flirt with spectators, get food poisoning, and take a nap, to still end up in 4th place.

[@wernerschneider4460]

The first ever games which were properly organized were those in Stockholm 1912. And even that event is connected with the notorious "Jim Thorpe-Affair", something the IOC is still ashamed of. But when they corrected it decades later, the poor guy was already dead.

[@Elyseon]

This sounds like a darker precursor to Wacky Races.

[@floydlooney6837]

Catch the pigeon... I mean blue jay

[@AnthroGearhead]

MORDECAI

[@DanArnets1492]

Wacky Races is based on the long-distance rallies of the early-mid 20th century, the precursors to rally-raid and North American desert racing

[@porlasramas8002]

Excellent work! I felt identified in the part that Felix says "Dame los dados", but only because I speak spanish.

[@BlueJayYT]

Haha that’s great! Who woulda thought my high school Spanish education would pay off all these years later haha

[@HMSHyde02]

“Face sunk , eyes grew dim, Palms are sweaty knees weak arms are heavy “ No yeah im definitely subscribed to the right blue Jay.

[@Hannibalkakihara]

I saw this event told on qxir but i still thoroughly enjoyed this form of storytelling. Love the humor and presentation. Its like a distinct derivative of sam o nella. But its unique in its own way and really enjoyable. I somehow discovered this awesome channel and im not disappointed. Only drawback is its not recognized enough as it deserves. 11/10 stars

[@coolpapascott5903]

Me: Can I run a marathon. Mom: We have a marathon at home. The Marathon at Home:

[@ValhallaAMV]

So what I've learned from this is that the Olympics (as we know them today) have always been shitshows in one way or another, sometimes not too bad, and other times.... we get 1904.

[@elias_xp95]

Olympics, Naa, America, yeah…

[@Bob-lr2xp]

I ran the Chicago Marathon a few months ago. I thought it was brutal running in 80 degrees. I can't even imagine running in triple digits.

[@lkntgkltrndfl]

a birb smoking a pipe is exactly what i wanted in life, thank susan

[@simonrano8072]

And yet a lot of runners in modern gear, training programs, racing well organised Marathons events aim for a sub 4h00 mark. Impressive time regarding the "conditions"

[@justalonesoul5825]

... they nearly dosed him to death to make it happen. It took hours before he could even be removed from the stadium! And his following days, or even weeks, were probably... not that great, I suppose! I think we should emphasize on *that* part :D Geez that man was treated worse than a racing horse! Oo

[@simonrano8072]

@@justalonesoul5825 True, he was close to end like Tom Simpson

[@Fannystark007]

I ran a Matathon in 3.29. (15km/h on average). I thought I did great. Not so sure about it now.

[@MsJubjubbird]

a lot more people run marathons though- including average everyday people

[@cd2174]

@@Fannystark007 15km/h on average would be a time of 2:49...

[@JTS0110]

this is high quality content right here. Glad to see this channel early. Keep the videos coming man hope u get more subs soon

[@DIY_Miracle]

1:40 Today I learned, as an Australian and s history buff, Australia had a slightly different flag then. I'm ashamed I did not ever realize this.

[@atticuswalker6984]

Great video! Love the style

[@iainballas]

I want to see a reverse of this Where we have olympics featuring humans dosed with literally any combo of drugs they want. I mean... wouldn't it be *awesome* to watch a dude run at 35 miles an hour, jump ten feet in the air and then throw a shotput fifty yards? We already encourage professional athletes to give themselves traumatic brain injuries... why not this?

[@Septimus_ii]

I think the high fatality rate would garner too much public backlash

[@JingleBop]

@@Septimus_ii No no. The problem is that you're thinking. Stop that and enjoy the JUICED OLYMPICS

[@soylentgreenb]

@@Septimus_ii Counter-point: Nascar, the sport people watch just for the firey crashes.

[@guppy719]

@carl hartford Genes still matter in terms of how well your body handles PEDs.

[@ajko5494]

The super olympics

[@nicopavvi8494]

I wouldn't be that surprised to discover that Alice Roosevelt actually kicked the fake winner in the balls...

[@Regularmovie2004]

Tldw:An olimpic runner was thirsty so they gave him rat poison and alcohol, he almost died and collapsed during the race and won first place

[@drumboarder1]

Someone should make a video about that

[@eyeofsauron1502]

That guy deserved it after all the torture they put him through.

[@ryans6280]

😂😂😂

[@brockmurphy1747]

I am a proud St. Louis native, and this story has been told this to us a million times. Amazing every time.

[@kate2create738]

Makes me wonder what made any Olympic event consider “successful” in the idea of not just how it was run (we have plenty of different Olympics that ran as smoothly as possible for such a daunting organization), but how the Olympics actually helped the host cities in the long run. Now a days, not many countries want to touch the Olympics because of the intense planning happens specifically for those short periods of hosting but then there is little planning in how it will help these hosts cities and these buildings end up rotting.

[@tripleh327]

Some call it performance enhancer Some call it rat poison You killed me with that line

[@liamshelley496]

For anyone wondering, the girl at 0:15 is Alica Schmidt

[@knightforlorn6731]

Blue Jay, You make great videos. We do all miss Sam and wonder where he is, but you are on your own game and I think its time people didnt just compare ya'll. Keep it up!

That was funny and sad at same time... but really nice researched and presented.

[@TheNinjaDC]

This was the marathon equivalent of Russia's 2nd pacific fleet's journey to its doom at Tsushima. Which was going on around the same time🤔

[@3ybh3lloll3hby3]

What happens to me when I make a valid excuse in an argument with my parents: 6:27

[@aleksandarvil5718]

IKR

[@marvelgeek9577]

As a St. Louis resident, I can confirm that we rarely bring the 1904 Olympics up

[@ripdimebag42]

I just discovered this channel and immediately subbed. It's a crime you dont have more subscribers, I love this stuff.

[@genralgaming]

Happy to see another video man, keep them coming! These are great

[@the2dudes1]

Ay I like your style of videos man. You just gained a new sub

[@napalmrecords134]

The 1904 Olympics: an MK ultra life experience, but also gave us the ice cream waffle cone

[@elisimmons6095]

Bruh how have you not blown up yet. You’re content is amazing

[@purplehaze2358]

"Rat poison, brandy, and human experimentation" is second only to peanut butter and jelly as my favorite combination of multiple different things.

[@EliseoOchoa-xj8fn]

Bro love these types of videos, keep up the work

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

You need to research the bunion derby. A foot race across America in the late 20's. A couple of the runners hold the record for running the longest the fastest.

[@maximilianshootsfilm]

0:37 sounds like a propper bender with the lads that!

[@scmroman]

I saw you on Reddit earlier. Glad I decided to click the link, really enjoyed the video and the fancy pipe smoking Bluejay.

[@samiamrg7]

My man Felix realized this was a game of survival and not speed. Take it slow and steady.

[@jairomartinez225]

First video I’ve seen from you and you had me in tears 😂😂 i subscribed immediately

[@Gewehr_Guy]

This sounds far more interesting then the other Olympics. 10/10 let's give athletes rat poison and brandy

[@justalonesoul5825]

Also, exhaust gases of the time were quite something else... All of it is just brilliantly moronic!

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

well at least they did not come the same conclusion as they did for boatraces after this.

[@ryans6280]

😂😂😂

[@jaewok5G]

you forgot the brilliance of, "I think this went well. see ya in four years"

[@masyerano9050]

Thank god there was a Reddit post about this.This is great.

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

92°F with 90° humidity? Sounds like an average summer day in Memphis.

[@nyctotheory]

Hey, this is good stuff. If I can offer some concrit, you might try working on the audio balance; your voice is quite soft compared to the music added. You're soft overall, and that can make it hard to hear. Keep it up though, I'm looking forward to what else you do.

[@BlueJayYT]

Yeah it was quite bad in this one, I think I did better in my newest one though! Thanks for the tip!

[@zorro456]

The Cuban should have won. The heat and humidity are similar and running across Cuba is decent training for a Marathon.

[@prawn5977]

Please make more of the history videos they are great and I wish you had more then two

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

The Cuban guy is just a whole ass mood

[@Zorro9129]

This could be the plot for a cartoon episode or a movie and no one would question it. It would be really entertaining, too.

[@93MANIAC]

You know that you are on some messed up drugs when your body starts to resemble a freaking swastika 7:07

[@dlogic6781]

That cuban was lo key stylin on everyone.

[@Felixcarvajal1]

Fr fr bro

[@Quackrisp]

This was funny and informative. Loved it!

[@w.carverkielinski2359]

These history vids are awesome

[@alexonian2940]

Sam O Bella’s rightful successor

[@finn4012]

It seems they read about the dangers of the original Olympics and decided that’s what the Olympics was

[@anthonyconigliaro9521]

I am from St. Louis and looked at that map at 4:26. If that is accurate, the race was completely mental. Whoever thought this route up was a monster that hated himself and wanted others to suffer the same.

[@tobilandsfried8083]

Bless the KZbin gods a new star has risen

[@Hanna-se3vr]

Just found your channel man and I love it. Dry sense of humor had me laughing😂

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you so much haha I’m glad you like it!

[@skantinavi3767]

sam O nell has left you need to take his place

[@colinsummers1741]

Yes please blue jay

[@gyuuipa5166]

who is salmonella

[@apillowfaceproduction608]

@@gyuuipa5166 sam o'nella academy he's a youtuber who gives a similar vibe to BlueJay you should check him out

[@jamiecottrill162]

Love the history videos. Keep it up!

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I've actually read about this in a "Weirdest Fails From Around the World" kind of book from Sweden called "A Thousand Tomfooleries". (It has 964 stories, whoops) I remember it exactly as described here. Fascinating to see animated.

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

Everything to do with Hicks properly cracked me up hahaha, I love this channel

[@hallamhal]

"Poisoned and shitfaced" Sounds like a great night out tbh

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

I get samonella or Quixr vibes, excellent video!

[@TheOldSalt]

Alice Roosevelt beating the crap out of someone was actually really in character for her…

[@ryanjapan3113]

5:25 According to the Olympics (Useful Notes) Tv Tropes page, he did it to get his clothes.

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

I already knew most of the biggest WTFs from Qxir's video, but this one was still both entertaining and informative. Nice! Although the sound being too low for most parts of the video is pretty annoying.

[@Highice007]

God, these are so good. You deserve a lot more subscribers. You should also do a colab with Grade A Under A. You guys have simular style, and presentation.

[@KonnerScottMusic]

I think the real story here is that a man ran a 3:28 marathon in 1904 while being continually dehydrated and poisoned over the course of the race.

[@bigTanker99]

Bluejay you think the 1904 Olympics was bad you hadn't seen the craziness of the 1936 Olympics

[@jagerbolt90]

St. Louisan here. There's something in the water just makes our city ZANY. Oh. And we're also built on top of probably one of the largest Indian burial grounds in the Western Hemisphere.

[@fiddlesticks8142]

Ah yes. This makes me proud to be a Missourian.

[@Shaun_Jones]

Even better, St. Louis actually put up a video celebrating this Olympics, conveniently leaving out that it was a complete shitshow.

[@SLOTHparty88]

This is good, very glad KZbin showed me this channel. Informative, fun, entertaining, what more could you want?