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History of Everything

The Weird History of Olympic Shenanigans

History of Everything

History of Everything

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.8691 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Olympic history is filled with bizarre, discontinued, and surreal moments, particularly in the early 20th century. Standout oddities include live pigeon shooting, painting/literature competitions, underwater swimming, and a 200-meter obstacle swim in the Seine. There is a lot of weird history. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠podcast⁠⁠⁠ Fight me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠war of the barons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Travel to Croatia with me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Travel to Greece with me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Travel to Thailand with me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sister podcast the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mystery of Everything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠COFFEE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Submit your relatives on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, my friends, like you here and welcome back to the History of Everything podcast.

0:37.1

Yes, I know I'm literally by myself here at this point, so it's going to look very different than how it is that I have kind of been doing things. Or depending upon whether or not you were listening to this episode and not actually watching it, you're, well, I mean, you're not going to physically see that I am by myself. But Gabby has a hair appointment. We just got back from another little

0:55.1

trip that we were on here in the first place. And I have a lot of recordings to do, like a lot.

1:01.5

I'm reaching out to a couple people because we're planning on bringing in some more guests to

1:05.3

actually do things for different episodes. So that's going to be fun in the first place. And we have been planning

1:12.0

all the stuff that we're going to be doing for History Unhinged. So if you haven't seen that show

1:16.5

that I do with Aidan Mattis and The Lore Lodge, that is another program that we do where it's

1:21.9

history, among other things, that is extremely unhinged, as the name literally goes. So definitely check that

1:29.3

out. But you know what? Speaking of things that are crazy, unhinged, or absolutely wild,

1:34.6

when we're talking about things in history, like the history of sports and international competition

1:38.7

and all that kind of stuff, there is nothing. No award that is more highly sought after,

1:43.0

more crazy, the best possible

1:45.3

thing you could have than Olympic gold.

1:47.7

I mean, the Olympics, a series of games that occurs every four years, is literally the ultimate

1:52.1

answer to the question that has brought up in pubs, bars, and taverns around the world.

1:56.0

Who is better?

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