Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1304
arrow-up1304external-linkTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·edit-23 months ago …invented by American thrower Bud Held and developed and manufactured by his brother Dick… Are we… are we just ignoring the fact that the guy making these was named “dick held”?
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoI find it more impressive that someone decided to name their sons dick and butt
minus-squaretooclose104@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI’m not, I’m also imagining an alternate timeline where their last name was Holder instead of Held
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoLeave Richard and Mary-Jane alone! The Held brothers don’t deserve the ridicule!
Are we… are we just ignoring the fact that the guy making these was named “dick held”?
I find it more impressive that someone decided to name their sons dick and butt
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I’m not, I’m also imagining an alternate timeline where their last name was Holder instead of Held
Leave Richard and Mary-Jane alone! The Held brothers don’t deserve the ridicule!