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 Sources:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/01/the-historic-new-york-to-paris-race-in-1908/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/

http://biologywriter.com/on-science/articles/pigeons/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Toronto-Stork-Derby

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paris-or-bust-the-great-new-york-to-paris-auto-race-of-1908-116784616/

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