The Dark Origins of the Treadmill and Why Oscar Wilde was the Worst

“We sewed the sacks, we broke the stones, We turned the dusty drill: We banged the tins, and bawled the hymns, And sweated on the mill: But in the heart of every man Terror was lying still.” These are the words of famed master of the pen, Oscar Wilde, in his Ballad of Reading Gaol, referencing his time spent at [...] The post The Dark Origins of the Treadmill and Why Oscar Wilde was the Worst appeared first on Today I Found Out .

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