Aaron reads a snippet from history to his friend Skaj, who has no clue who, what or when Aaron will read about. Each episode features a unique topic, from eccentric explorers to morbid medical practices to chilling war stories, all glazed with comedy.
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#11: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
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A History Snippet about the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. The sweetest disaster in history.Door History Snippets
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#10: The War of the Oaken Bucket
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A History Snippet about the War of the Oaken Bucket. One of medieval times bloodiest battles for the stupidest reason.Door History Snippets
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#9: John Dillinger - The Slick Gangster
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A History Snippet about John Dillinger, one of history's smoothest criminals.Door History Snippets
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#8: The Peking to Paris Race of 1907
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A History Snippet about the Peking to Paris Race of 1907. An off-road race through mountains, deserts and tundras in old automobiles.Door History Snippets
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#7: Miyamoto Musashi - The Greatest Swordsman Who Ever Lived
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A History Snippet about the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, a samurai who defeated every opponent with a single blow from a wooden training sword.Door History Snippets
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A History Snippet about the Demon Core. A cursed, radioactive sphere of plutonium responsible for many, many deaths.Door History Snippets
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#5: The Bisbee Deportation
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A History Snippet about the Bisbee Deportation. A tale of a mining town trapped under the dystopian rule of a mega corporation.Door History Snippets
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#4: Nellie Bly - Genius Journalist
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A History Snippet about Nellie Bly, a no-nonsense journalist who went undercover in asylums and jails, broke the world record for traveling around the world and wrote a ton of articles and books.Update: We fixed the audio issues!Door History Snippets
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#3: Juan Pujol García - The Spy who won WWII
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A History Snippet about Juan Pujol García, a spy who can be credited for not only making D-Day possible and getting the Enigma codes, but winning WWII entirely.Door History Snippets
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#2: Henry McCarty - Boyhood Bandit
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A History Snippet about Henry McCarty, the boyhood bandit, who rustled horses, escaped jails, ran a gang and fought in a war, all at the age of 15.Door History Snippets
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#1: Mary Henrietta Kingsley - Explorer Extraordinaire
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A History Snippet about Mary Henrietta Kingsley, a Victorian explorer of the African jungles, who traveled with headhunters and climbed mountains.Door History Snippets
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