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The DARK History of the Treadmill

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Did you know that early Treadmills were used to walk enslaved people in to submission

Join us while we talk about the History of the Treadmill.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/treadwheel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_treadmill https://daily.jstor.org/treadmills-were-meant-to-be-atonement-machines

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