TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.
TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.
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...invented by American thrower Bud Held and developed and manufactured by his brother Dick...
Are we... are we just ignoring the fact that the guy making these was named "dick held"?
47 0 ReplyI find it more impressive that someone decided to name their sons dick and butt
15 0 ReplyLeave Richard and Mary-Jane alone! The Held brothers don't deserve the ridicule!
3 0 ReplyI'm not, I'm also imagining an alternate timeline where their last name was Holder instead of Held
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