Outsider Victory facts
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead. He suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
Roger Walkowiak, a cyclist who was an unknown outsider one of the worst team, won the Tour De France in 1956. However, this was incredibly unpopular and the french media slated his victory.
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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5 americans were arrested in 1985 for doing the "Hook em' Horns" hand gesture outside the Vatican while celebrating their team's victory.
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The chief claimed to have had a vision where grasshoppers died in great numbers outside of a Lakota camp. After the Indian victory at Little Big Horn, more Cheyenne and Lakota warriors joined Sitting Bull's camp, believing that the vision had come true.
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There are stone cannonballs outside the entrance to Hagia Sophia. They are not simply stone statues. They were actually used by Mehmet the Conquerer in the 1453 battle to save the city (he was victorious).
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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The Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series victory parade is "the largest peaceful gathering outside of Asia in history"
