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Interesting History Lesson

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Interesting history on how the Olympics got its name.

The queen of Sardinia, named Gedophamee {pronounced Ged-off-a-me}, was attending a great but as yet unnamed athletic event 2500 years ago in Greece.

In those days the athletes performed naked.

To prevent unwanted arousal while competing, the men imbibed freely on a drink containing saltpetre before and throughout the variety of events.

At the opening ceremonial parade, Gedophamee observed the first wave of naked magnificent males marching toward her and she exclaimed :

"Oh! limp pricks!"

Over the next two and a half millennia that morphed into

"Olympics".

Just thought I'd share this profound knowledge, in case you didn't know how the word Olympics came about.Well, there's a small possibility it could be true
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:lol: :lol: Nice.

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:lol: :lol: :agree:


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Who knew? :dunno: :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol: The things you learn here.

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Rather surprising that it was the probably mythical "Queen of Sardinia" involved but historical accuracy aside, it makes for a funny fable.

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