Treadmill

@JWMILLER (3257)
Westmoreland, Tennessee
January 21, 2021 1:04pm CST
The treadmill was invented in England in the 18th century for use in prisons to "exercise" inmates. Oscar Wilde was forced to treadmill 6-7 hours a day. Source: Harvard U professor On National Public Radio
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2495)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I know it was meant as punishment, but seems like it might have been good for the prisoners. I'll bet Oscar Wilde stayed fit.
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Fuentes
@UriahAnne (701)
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22 Jan 21
My last use of a treadmill was 1 yr ago on a gym.
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maezee
@maezee (41916)
• United States
21 Jan 21
I am on the treadmill as I read this
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (149305)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Jan 21
That is very interesting.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (507545)
• Italy
22 Jan 21
As Oscar Wilde was sent to prison, I am not surprised he was forced to use the treadmill.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (223764)
• United States
22 Jan 21
Interesting. We have a treadmill; and NO ONE uses it.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32297)
• Malaysia
23 Jan 21
We use it to punish ourselves. That's very true to it's invention.
Marlina
@marlina (153896)
• Canada
23 Jan 21
In the 19th Century, You Wouldn’t Want to Be Put on the Treadmill
www.smithsonianmag.com
This grueling nineteenth-century punishment was supposed to provide a torturous lesson about hard work
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323054)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jan 21
That's a lot of time on the treadmill.
Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (60268)
• Philippines
24 Jan 21
Who is Oscar Wilde? I'm not familiar with him.