00:00Polo, the sport of kings.
00:02Until someone had a crazy idea.
00:05Instead of horses, how about we do it with speeding death machines?
00:09And everyone said,
00:10Brilliant!
00:12So if you've always wondered what was the strangest American sport to ever exist,
00:17this is probably it.
00:19Introducing Auto Polo.
00:21Two cars, one giant ball,
00:23and crazed, mallet-wielding teammates hanging off the side like human laundry.
00:28Auto Polo was popularized around 1911.
00:31It was dangerous.
00:33Players were frequently thrown from vehicles.
00:35The injuries, the cost, the absolute destruction of vehicles.
00:40Even car companies, who initially loved the publicity, started backing away.
00:45Like,
00:45Look, please stop displaying how dangerous our products actually are in front of masses of people, alright?
00:50And just like that, Auto Polo faded away.
00:53It remains one of the strangest sports we've ever embraced.
00:56It's the Always Wondered Podcast.
00:59It's the Always Wondered Podcast.
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