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A blog that will leave you as confused as ever, but on a higher level and about more important things.
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Running, Racism vs Kenyans, and Richard Bachman
Part 1: The Persistence of Running In 690 BCE King Taharka of Egypt implemented a challenge for his troops stationed to the Southwest of Cairo. He challenged the troops to run a pre-designed route from Saqqara to Faiyum. The distance was 100km, or about 62 miles. The winner allegedly finished the race in about 8…
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Xylospongium
Quote: “In a training academy for gladiators who work with wild beasts, a German slave, while preparing for the morning exhibition, withdrew in order to relieve himself, which was the only thing he was allowed to do in private and without the presence of a guard. While so engaged, he seized the stick of wood…
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1.3 Matthew
Quote: Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance…
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1.2 – Lao Tzu.
“Laozi grew increasingly weary of the moral decay of life in his home town in the Chengzhou province. When he was about 80 years old he decided to leave civilization and live as a hermit in the wilderness. As he was leaving through the city gates of his home town a guard recognized him and…
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1.1 Bill James
In 1986 I fell in love with baseball. It started as a bonding activity with my dad and led to my life-long fascination with baseball stats. I noticed flaws in baseball statistics, leading me to embrace “Jamesian” logic that values data over convention. Bill James revolutionized the use of data in baseball, challenging traditional perspectives.
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