The winner of the 1904 Olympic marathon was fed rat poison, egg whites and brandy as he ran — another competitor rode 11 miles in a car, while a Cuban runner raced in street shoes and stopped to steal peaches

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last seen headlineThe winner of the 1904 Olympic marathon was fed rat poison, egg whites and brandy as he ran — another competitor rode 11 miles in a car, while a Cuban runner raced in street shoes and stopped to steal peaches

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  The winner of the 1904 Olympic marathon was fed rat poison, egg whites and brandy as he ran — another competitor rode 11 miles in a car, while a Cuban runner raced in street shoes and stopped to steal peaches
  The 1904 Olympic marathon was so chaotic and dangerous that the winner's rat poison cocktail wasn't even the strangest part.