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TIL of the thousand day ordeal of the Marathon Monks of Japan. They run daily marathons for hundreds of days, endure 7.5 days with no food, water, or sleep, and chant 100,000 mantras in front of a scorching fire. They carry a rope and a dagger with which to commit suicide if they fail.

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