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Quick, switch over to\xa0Vodacast\xa0to see the pictures I talk about in the episode!\nFrom using a train in a car race to marathon doping with deadly poison, there's far more excitement in racing than simply declaring a winner.\nYBOF Book;\xa0Audiobook\xa0(basically everywhere but Audible);\xa0Merch!\nHang out with your fellow Brainiacs\xa0.Reach out and touch Moxie on\xa0Facebook,\xa0Twitter,\xa0or\xa0Instagram.\nSupport the show\nMusic by\xa0Kevin MacLeod, Steve Oxen, David Fesliyan.\xa0\xa0\nLinks to all the research resources are on our\xa0website.\n\xa0\n\xa0Sources:\n https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/01/the-historic-new-york-to-paris-race-in-1908/\n https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/\n http://biologywriter.com/on-science/articles/pigeons/\n https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Toronto-Stork-Derby\n https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paris-or-bust-the-great-new-york-to-paris-auto-race-of-1908-116784616/\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices