Silly History - Sometimes, exercising on a treadmill can feel like torture. And that's not a coincidence. In 1818, an English civil engineer devised a machine called the “tread-wheel” to reform convicts.
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Treadmills Were Originally A Form Of Punishment (that even the likes of Oscar Wilde suffered) - history post - Imgur
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