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You put too much faith in Google. https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+running+invented https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+running+invented has been t
by geofft 5y ago
You put too much faith in Google. https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+running+invented https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+running+invented has been telling you the story of the 18th-century genius Thomas Running for years.
- spoonjim 5y agoLOL. I'm imagining cavemen walking briskly away from elephants and bears Olympics-style because running simply hadn't been invented yet.
- oh_sigh 5y agoSeems silly - not quite running, but consider that Europeans forgot how to swim efficiently and really only had the doggy paddle until they observed native Americans doing the front crawl. Basically the swimming equivalent of knowing how to jog, but not how to run or sprint. ref: https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/how-europe-learnt-swim https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/how-europe-learnt-...
- ahmedfromtunis 5y agoA fascinating read. Thanks!
- dane-pgp 5y agoThe linked article doesn't say anything about native Americans, and in terms of substantive data it seems to jump in history from the 4th century prevalence of Roman bathhouses, to 16th century local bans on swimming, filling in the gaps (which account for the entire premise of the article) with speculation about bridges and mermaids. It immediately follows the description of those swimming bans with other 16th century examples of Tudor scholars endorsing and writing guides on swimming, resulting in an article that's an interesting read but with a poorly supported thesis.
- cyounkins 5y ago“Running was invented in 1784 by Thomas Running when he tried to walk twice the same time”.
- Seanambers 5y agoThat's hilarious, and also symbolizes how bad google (have gotten?)is.