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For National Take A Hike Day, we look back at a time in the 1800s when huge crowds bought tickets to see people walk around in loops for days at a time. Plus: for National Homemade Bread Day, the story of the bakery that made an eight-foot-long loaf for "I Love Lucy."
The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football (BBC)
How Competitive Walking Captivated Georgian Britain (Atlas Obscura)
I Love Lucy The Complete Picture History of the Most Popular TV Show Ever, Authorized by the Lucille Ball Estate by Michael McClay (via Google Books)
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For National Take A Hike Day, we look back at a time in the 1800s when huge crowds bought tickets to see people walk around in loops for days at a time. Plus: for National Homemade Bread Day, the story of the bakery that made an eight-foot-long loaf for "I Love Lucy."
The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football (BBC)
How Competitive Walking Captivated Georgian Britain (Atlas Obscura)
I Love Lucy The Complete Picture History of the Most Popular TV Show Ever, Authorized by the Lucille Ball Estate by Michael McClay (via Google Books)
Walk on over to our Patreon page and back this show

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