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The oldest sport: Boxing or Running?

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      Humanity has been competing with each other's physical prowess for what feels like the dawn of our species. Many of these sports require not just peak physical condition to compete but a sharp mind as well. However there is little to no debate that Running and boxing are the oldest sports to ever exist. Martial arts Has a long history spanning all the way back to the roman empire, and even longer before that. However the same can be said about running. Humanity has always been running, since the earliest stage of our evolution if we didn't run from predators we may not be here today.       The question is; which one is older? I don't think it's that simple, I think the question is when was it first seen as a sport? I say this because, as I said before, humanity has been doing both since our  beginning. Referencing the earliest stages of our evolution again when we first stood upright, lesser dominant males would fight the pack leader for the right to mate. It wasn

About Me

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      My official name is David W. Napier, but I used to go by 'Wil' in my hometown of Lawrenceville Georgia. I was the 2nd child born on December 24, 2001 to my engineer Dad and stay at home Mom. I graduated at central Gwinnett High school with achievements in both fine arts and academics, taking honors classes and specializing in visual arts. I am currently attending Georgia Gwinnett College but am undecided in my major; so until then I plan on getting my general basic classes out of the way. I am planning on moving in with my girlfriend Tytianna this winter, which I couldn't be more excited about.      More details about my background, I am a competitive swimmer; or at least I was. I joined the cricket hill cyclones at the early age of 6. I stayed on the team until I was about 12 i think, then dropped swim team until high school when i heard there was a swim team for My school. I was planning on joining the college swim team but then the pandemic happened. I am also a yo

Is Edison a Fraud?

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  Thomas Edison is a fraud?      Thomas Edison is a rather controversial person to speak about. Did he or did he not actually invent the lightbulb? Everyone knows that he has taken credit for this amazing feat, but, does he truly deserve this glory?      I am against this glamorized depiction of Mr.Edison. I refuse to fall into line with the cheaply made facade that he has created right in front of our very eyes.       Thomas Edison “invented” the lightbulb in 1879 as the following credible sources claim. He came up with the idea when he realized there was a flaw with Joseph Swans design, the filament.       Now we have the anterior side to discuss. Joseph Swan, a scientist. He is who many people, including me, claim really created the lightbulb. Swan produced the earliest electric lightbulb.       Now this is the million dollar question, why did Edison get all of this hype and glory, when poor Mr.Swan gets absolutely nothing? Swan is indeed the one who created the actual physical shel