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TIL about Matthew (Mack) Robinson who broke the world record in the 200m at the Olympic games 1936 in Berlin just to lose against Jesse Owens who ran 0.4 seconds faster. Besides that Macks little brother made a career for himself. His name - Jackie Robinson.

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