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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2024-11-15 23:47:16+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2012, over 2,000 Koreans gathered to watch a single man pitch a tent (a 24-man army tent) after he claimed on an internet forum that he could do it in under two hours. The event grew so large it even attracted corporate sponsers. The man succeeded, taking about an hour to accomplish the task.