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TIL: After organizers told Roberta Gibbs women weren't capable of marathons, she dressed in men's clothes, hid near the starting line & joined the middle of the pack at the '66 Boston Marathon. When runners figured out her disguise, they began cheering. She was the 1st woman to finish the race.

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