And we're off, on a look into some of the most bizarre races ever to have taken place.
Sam starts off with a look at the 1907 Peking to Paris rally, and the trials of adventurer, conman and bacon-mechanic Charles Godard.
Meanwhile, Tom's been taking a look at history's best-paid sportsman, the remarkable Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles.
This episode also features a cross promo with The Silly History Boys Show - thanks to Rob 'Uncle BobBob' Bond, Stu 'The PearBear' Perry, Tom 'Tombo' Fermor, and Will 'Uncle Bilbo' Tristram for lending their voices to an honourable mention, The Great Wisconsin Race of 1878, and for inviting us onto their own excellent podcast. Check them out on your app of choice!
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Welcome to That Was Genius: Two blokes. An immature sense of humour. And 10,000 years of human civilisation. A weekly podcast looking at the weirder side of history.
Join Sam Datta-Paulin (he likes history and lives in Britain) and Tom Berry (he also likes history and used to live in New Zealand but is now in the UK as well), for a weekly reflection on the bold, the brilliant... And the downright strange.
From bizarre events and stories to equally odd inventions, barely a day goes by without something incredible (or incredibly stupid) happening around the world.
We upload new episodes every Wednesday night/Thursday morning (UK time).
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If it Says it in The Bible (Slavery Week) - That Was Genius Episode 27
Hell Hath No Fury Like 300 Spearmen in Heels [Homosexuality Week] - That Was Genius Episode 26
A Face Full of Holy Horse Wind (The North week) - That Was Genius Episode 25
Kiss Me Tenderly Where The Sun Doesn't Shine (Music week) - That Was Genius Episode 24
The Ghosts Told Me To Do It (Great Escapes week) - That Was Genius Episode 23
The Tragic Tale of Burpy the Dwarf (Disney week) - That Was Genius Episode 22
A Bit Heavy on the Dynamite (America week) - That Was Genius Episode 21
Everything Here is Trying to Kill Us (Australia week) - That Was Genius Episode 20
Third Arm and Hammer (Religion week) - That Was Genius Episode 19
Pornographic Soviet Drunk Train (inventions week) - That Was Genius Episode 18
Imagine Mr Tickle... Covered in Swastikas ('that should be a film' week) - That Was Genius Episode 17
Vanking for Victory (resistance week) - That Was Genius Episode 16
A Nice Bike Ride Through A French Riot (cheating week) - That Was Genius Episode 15
The Bad, The Worst, and The Stupid (naughty Englishmen week) - That Was Genius Episode 14
Please Dont Pirate This Podcast (pirate week - obviously) - That Was Genius Episode 13
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Welcome to the Antarctic Party Boat (people called Richard week) - That Was Genius - Episode 11
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