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The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic (lemmy.today)
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[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd guess that humans have been grappling eachother for fun longer than we've had speech or fire.

[–] Erusset@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also not for fun

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Great point