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We Never Really Wanted Actual News Sep 09, 2022

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How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn’t with the high-brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol-fueled) injuries a city’s residents had suffered that day. We break down a paper full of those stories -- the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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The Worst Crusade Ever Aug 29, 2022

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Sometimes you have to crack a few of your fellow Christians' eggs to make a Holy Land omelet. The 4th Crusade was one Pope's call to action gone horribly wrong, featuring a few idiotic side missions that ultimately submarined the main quest, and one of the Catholic Church's biggest blunders in its storied history of mistakes.
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How Florida Made America Aug 23, 2022

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We dive into the history of The Republic of West Florida. Learn how Florida is basically responsible for everything America is today, for better and for worse.

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The Hardcore Jewish Kingdom You Never Heard Of Aug 15, 2022

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The Kingdom of Himyar in modern-day Yemen may have converted to Judaism for political reasons in 380 A.D. but eventually they went harder than anybody to rep their beliefs. And by that we mean they slaughtered a bunch of Christians.

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The Titanic Was On Fire With Jessie Wiseman Aug 08, 2022

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Jessie Wiseman joins the boys to talk about the lesser known details about the sinking of the Titanic.

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles All Hate This Guy Aug 01, 2022

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Frano Selak is the luckiest unlucky person in history. Learn how he survived 7 brushes with horrible, violent death, and what he’s up to today.

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Hitler And The Pope Jul 25, 2022

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Newly released Vatican records detail how Hitler used the Catholic Church's abuse to blackmail Pope Pius XII into not being too mean to the Third Reich.
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Out For The Duel Jul 18, 2022

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Two high-society Austrian noblewomen clashed over flowers and it ended in a topless sword fight.

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Visit Antarctica! Eat Dogs And Die Jul 11, 2022

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Douglas Mawson ventured to Antarctica, TWICE, but it almost cost him his life. Find out how he almost died getting his literal rocks off in a frozen wasteland.

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Do You Want To Build A Snowman? Jul 04, 2022

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In 1511 the people of Brussels, while suffering through a brutal winter known as "The Winter of Death", took to the streets and expressed their displeasure with the ruling classes and life in general by... sculpting snowmen and making them do wildly inappropriate things with each other.

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