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TIL that in the 1928 Olympics, a rower named Bobby Pearce stopped in the middle of the quarter final race in order to let a family of ducks pass his lane, allowing one of his opponents to pull ahead. He still managed to get first place out of 8 people and went on to win gold in the finals.

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