America's First And Dumbest Sport: Pedestrianism Part 1

from Profiles In Eccentricity · host John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau

This week, Matt takes us to the 1800's and shows us the sport of Pedestrianism, where as many as 80,000 people would crowd around to see men and women walk hundreds of miles around a roller rink.

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