If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to suppo→ Receive Cash Prizes? https://youtu.be/iSrOT8qzuP8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: When the United States hosted the Olympics for the first time in 1904, the games had yet to reach the high level of competition and popularity we know today. Although athletes from countries around the world were invited to participate, the games were less about the world’s best athletes competing for medals and more about (actual) amateur athletes competing against each other. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/felix-carvajal-mailman-stopped-talk-crowd-stole-peach-took-nap-still-somehow-managed-come-fourth-1904-olympic-marathon/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0880119691/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0880119691&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkId=UVFBU7KDPJTFRMED https://books.google.com/books?id=WKRUmep515oC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=America%E2%80%99s+First+Olympics+and+Felix&source=bl&ots=SbRcJDkCFu&sig=Ef9k_o5gPDOScPJj3zQ1XypnA30&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix8bLy_LfLAhUP0WMKHV2LDhwQ6AEINjAE#v=onepage&q=America%E2%80%99s%20First%20Olympics%20and%20Felix&f=false http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/sports/sportsspecial/03marathon.html?_r=0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andar%C3%ADn_Carvajal http://www.distilledhistory.com/tag/felix-carvajal/ http://blogs.britannica.com/2008/08/olympic-moments-felix-carvajals-long-road-to-st-louis-1904/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/?no-ist http://marathonandbeyond.com/choices/duggan.html https://drsatyakamphukan.wordpress.com/felix-carvajal-and-the-saint-louis-olympics/ http://uselessinformation.org/st_louis_olympics/index.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/25939/wacky-tales-olympics-past http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp http://www.history.com/news/8-unusual-fact