Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 1 month agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month 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-squaretooclose104@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI’m not, I’m also imagining an alternate timeline where their last name was Holder instead of Held
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLeave Richard and Mary-Jane alone! The Held brothers don’t deserve the ridicule!
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI find it more impressive that someone decided to name their sons dick and butt
Are we… are we just ignoring the fact that the guy making these was named “dick held”?
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!
I find it more impressive that someone decided to name their sons dick and butt