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the one time humanity agrees to fight only with javelins.
means a global sporting event held every four years where nations send their best to compete, mostly peacefully, for medals and bragging rights.
from began in ancient greece around 776 bc in olympia as a religious festival honoring zeus, revived in 1896 by pierre de coubertin who wanted europe to stop stabbing itself and start jumping over things instead.
ancient trucewars paused so athletes could travel safely
women bannedcouldn't compete or even watch until 1900
host city debtmontreal took 30 years to pay off 1976 games
olympic mottocitius altius fortius means faster higher stronger
for instance
berlin 1936 — jesse owens won four golds under hitler's nose
munich 1972 — eleven israeli athletes killed by palestinian militants
miracle on ice 1980 — college kids beat the ussr hockey machine
tokyo 2021 — held a year late, empty stadiums, still happened