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== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
* The historical basis for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race -- isolated town's children imperiled by diphtheria, weather conditions prevent shipment of antitoxin by sea or air, heroic teams of mushers and animals race the clock to deliver the lifesaving medicine -- actually ''sounds'' very much like an Xtreme Endurance Sport Xcuse Plot. Except it really happened in 1925, with the Great Race of Mercy to Nome, Alaska.
* The historical basis for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race—isolated town's children imperiled by diphtheria, weather conditions prevent shipment of antitoxin by sea or air, heroic teams of mushers and animals race the clock to deliver the lifesaving medicine—actually ''sounds'' very much like an Xtreme Endurance Sport Xcuse Plot. Except it really happened in 1925, with the Great Race of Mercy to Nome, Alaska.


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