
‘@captainmatthewwebb – If Twitter Existed In 1875
Courtesy of @captainmatthewwebb, Huntington Beach, California. If Captain Matthew Webb and his support crew, led by A. G. Payne, had access to Twitter back in 1875 when he became the first person to swim across the English Channel in 21 hours 45 minutes, this is what we imagine he and his crew may have tweeted: Matthew Webb @captainmatthewwebb · Aug