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The Backstory: Maniacs and mysticism Feb 16, 2024

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The Nazis not only had a deluded belief in their own racial superiority, some of their top leaders believed they were superhumans descended from the inhabitants of the lost city of Atlantis. (They had a whole branch of the military dedicated to proving that.)

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The Backstory: Romance: Roses, chocolates, and bloody animal skins Feb 13, 2024

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Human attachment is thousands of years old but Valentine’s Day started off as a blood soaked pagan fertility festival, and it wasn’t much fun for women. On the flip side, the romance element is a recent invention. You can thank the Victorians for that.

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The Backstory: An unbelievable touchdown in the upper deck Feb 09, 2024

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Sports, whether they're big-time or small-time, make an awful lot of people happy. They can also push folks to pull some crazy stunts.

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The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal genocide Feb 06, 2024

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We’re all a contradiction at times, but nothing like Civil War general Oliver Howard. He was a medal of honor winner, he worked to get freed black men the right to vote, and was the founder of historically black Howard University. But after the war he chased down and killed or captured hundreds of Native Americans in the Nez Perce War with the U.S.

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The Backstory: Immortality: young blood and monkey testicles Feb 02, 2024

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What would we do to live better, longer, or maybe even forever? Lots of quests for immortality involved mystical potions or objects. And one very popular fad in the 1920s involved transplanted monkey testicles!

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The Backstory: Cold War condoms and undercover kitties Jan 30, 2024

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In the race to become the reigning superpower, nations have resorted to all sorts of bizarre tactics. Some of them were pretty humorous. And that reached new heights during the Cold War.

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The Backstory: Radio: A voice in the dark Jan 26, 2024

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Stop and think about the impact of radio on our world. For thousands of years, storytelling, music, news, and entertainment were all in person. Suddenly, this gadget arrives and opens up the world to us. What did we hear, and how did it change us?

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The Backstory: Mafia murder in mid-century Las Vegas Jan 23, 2024

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You love gangster TV shows and movies like The Sopranos, The Godfather, and Goodfellas? You love Las Vegas? Bugsy Siegel was the mobster/visionary who created Las Vegas with his spectacular Flamingo Hotel and Casino in 1947. But it cost him his life.

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The Backstory: The Big Exit Jan 19, 2024

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It seems like iconic, larger-than-life folks should meet larger-than-life demises. But that's not always the case. There are huge names who died from all sorts of ridiculous and messy mistakes.

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The Backstory: Surviving a 35,000-foot free fall Jan 16, 2024

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Hearing about a panel on an Alaska Airlines jet popping off mid-air gives us all a serious case of the creeps. But imagine you’re in a jet at almost 35,000 feet when a terrorist’s bomb blows it into pieces. You free fall to Earth…and survive.

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