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"autism didn't exist back in my day" (sh.itjust.works)
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dude was an absolute character

In between those events, he won 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics; [...] toured the nation in a melodrama called The Stain of Guilt; courted, married, and became separated from May Wynne Skinner of Lynn, Massachusetts; saved a woman from drowning; accidentally shot a friend through the hand; and was bitten by a lion."

the wikipedia just RANDOMLY DROPPED that he was bitten by a LION with no context?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Waddell

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[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Highly recommended podcast episode about it.

https://archive.org/details/The.Dollop.Ep12.The.Rube

[-] mimreos@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Absolutely, came here looking for this. Great episode.

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