weird history: olympics

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Have you ever just wanted to pull off the most epic prank that would be recounted for years to come?
Well, one university student in Australia did just that.
The year was 1956 and some restless little boys wanted to make a mockery of an Olympic tradition that was started by the nazis.
(A fun fact in itself)
When the torch was supposed to pass through Sydney, the real runner had happened to be delayed.
So this student played out his plan to perfection and started running with a fake torch that carried burning underwear.
And all of the people cheered and all of the police made a circle around him to escort him to his final destination: the Mayor of Sydney.
And while he ran he wondered how in the WORLD he was gonna wrap up this prank.
Well, he made it all the way to the Mayor before he could figure it out.
So he did the only thing that he could do at that point.
He ran the torch up to the Mayor, handed it to him, melted into the crowd and ran all the way back to school.
The lucky son of a gun disappeared into the crowd before the Mayor realized the sticky, underwear bearing torch was a fraud.
Now THAT'S a prank.
We should all aspire to be this man.