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Sports Get Wild Week: The Netherlands Turned Pole-Sitting Into A Competitive Sport
Manage episode 503951960 series 2922787
This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes when the world of sports went off course. In this episode from January 2021, a look at how one of the popular fads of the 1920s was flagpole sitting. Plus: for National Bird Day, a look at the shoebill, a bird for the record books.
St. Simeon Stylites (Britannica)
In the Netherlands Sitting on a Pole for Hours on End Is a Competitive Sport (Oddity Central)
The Shoebill: Or, the Most Terrifying Bird in the World (Audubon)
1699 episodes
Manage episode 503951960 series 2922787
This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes when the world of sports went off course. In this episode from January 2021, a look at how one of the popular fads of the 1920s was flagpole sitting. Plus: for National Bird Day, a look at the shoebill, a bird for the record books.
St. Simeon Stylites (Britannica)
In the Netherlands Sitting on a Pole for Hours on End Is a Competitive Sport (Oddity Central)
The Shoebill: Or, the Most Terrifying Bird in the World (Audubon)
1699 episodes
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