RAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.
Jon Bois3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
1.2M views · commentary · evergreen · Uploaded 2016-08-11
Jon Bois tells the story of the 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon, a chaotic race involving fraud, rat poison, brandy, feral dogs and near-deaths. It is an episode of his show Pretty Good.
HN commenters recommend it as a funny, well-told retelling of one of the strangest sporting events ever.
3:54:44The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)
David Lessig
18:09Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
Landon Proctor
49:22James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"
DRS_Education
1:30:28AlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentary
Google DeepMind
29:21TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)
melodysheep
58:46The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"
JustAdamCurtis
9:34Dick Proenneke in Alone in the Wilderness
swererbob
4:55:46The Secret War
Sergio IQ
3 comments from Hacker News
Jon Bois is a genius in my opinion as well so I'm glad someone wrote this. There aren't many links to his videos in this article, but here's one of my favourites: [VIDEO] . It's about the 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis. edit: He's also a great follow on Twitter at [LINK] .
If you've never watched Jon Bois or his Pretty Good series, you're in for a real treat. He has a video on the marathon that's very worth the 21 minutes: [VIDEO]
For a more elaborate retelling of the events here, I recommend the following video by Jon Bois in his inimitable style: [VIDEO]