![A white woman is being forced to work a treadmill as a black woman makes a derisory gesture and a white man with a whip watches over. Coloured aquatint. | Wellcome Collection A white woman is being forced to work a treadmill as a black woman makes a derisory gesture and a white man with a whip watches over. Coloured aquatint. | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0041239/full/full/0/default.jpg)
A white woman is being forced to work a treadmill as a black woman makes a derisory gesture and a white man with a whip watches over. Coloured aquatint. | Wellcome Collection
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![TIL treadmills were originally a punishment used to harness human power on a giant wheel used to grind grains; hence the name "treadmill." : r/todayilearned TIL treadmills were originally a punishment used to harness human power on a giant wheel used to grind grains; hence the name "treadmill." : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/yjwy7vT04ativwCNYE7L0bBLnhm9jbJPH-v1WLIuJlg.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a33b499b1f7ab22886fa7dbed73bd28ccd12cfa2)
TIL treadmills were originally a punishment used to harness human power on a giant wheel used to grind grains; hence the name "treadmill." : r/todayilearned
![The treadmill was invented originally in England as a prison rehabilitation device : r/interestingasfuck The treadmill was invented originally in England as a prison rehabilitation device : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/l9kxlsz0x12a1.jpg)