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close up of pink and white tennis shoes while person is walking
Fact or Fiction: Humans have been wearing shoes for only the last 500 years.
Fiction! Humans have actually been wearing shoes of some sort for at least 40,000 years.
runner in a field at sunrise
Fact or Fiction: The most difficult foot race has only been completed 18 times by 15 runners.
Fact: The Barkley Marathons, commonly accepted as the most difficult foot race, takes place annually in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee. The event, first run in 1986, is limited to 40 participants, and only 15 runners have ever completed it.
modern footprints and shoe prints in the sand
Fact or Fiction: The oldest evidence of modern evolved human foot anatomy dates to about 1.5 million years ago.
Fact! The oldest evidence of modern human foot anatomy, found in northern Kenya, are from about 1.5 million years ago.
runners running on wet pavement
Fact or Fiction: The longest certified foot race is 3,100 miles but takes place on only one city block.
Fact: The longest certified foot race, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race, stretches to over 3,000 miles. Completing this race is equal to running across the United States -- and then doing 11 more marathons. 
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