Over the weekend, a U.S. track and field team member started the rumor that the cardboard bed frames are too weak to support sex.
Alas, they were all wrong. In reality, the cardboard frames are an exercise in sustainability.that they were planning to create cardboard beds so that they could be recycled into paper products after the games were over.
And despite being made of cardboard, the beds aren't flimsy. They can support 440 pounds, Takashi Kitajima, the general manager of the Athletes Village, told AP at the time, insisting they would be"stronger than wooden beds.”The cardboard beds are actually pretty supportive.On Saturday, Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan dispelled the rumors that the design of the beds is meant to prevent sex byjumping up and down on top of the cardboard frame to prove just how strong it really is.
"In today's episode of fake news at the Olympic Games, the beds are meant to be anti-sex. They're made out of cardboard, yes, but apparently they're meant to break at any sudden movements. It's fake, fake news," he said in the short clip.
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