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stoy@lemmy.zip to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

TIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runner

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TIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runner

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stoy@lemmy.zip to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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  • quixotic120@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    that sounds like they made a real flame

    • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      A real flame, but not one ignited by the sun in Greece. (Or wherever it is started)

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    What reason would they have for protesting the Olympics?

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      10 months ago

      The Olympic flame relay is a tradition started by the Nazis during the 1936 olympic games, the protest was to show dissatisfaction with keeping the tradition alive.

      These days, I doubt anyone makes the same connection.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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        10 months ago

        Sounds like the one actually not fucked up thing the Nazis started. Should we stop doing fun, harmless things just because a Nazi did them too?

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