r/youshouldknow Discussion

TIL that in 1861, a man named Edward Payson Weston completed an 11-day, 478 mile walk from Boston to Washington D.C. in order to attend the inauguration of president Abraham Lincoln. The arduous trek was the result of a lost wager. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Payson_Weston https://redd.it/1vdzgbs @r_youshouldknow