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TIL in the 1912 Summer Olympics Shizo Kanakuri stopped for water at the 19 mile mark, fell asleep and deserted. After being missing for 50+ years he returned to complete the marathon with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.

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