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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

    The Backstory: James Brown: Drugs, toilets, and guns

    The Backstory: James Brown: Drugs, toilets, and guns

    James Brown, the godfather of soul, had some anger issues. In fact, he went to prison after threatening agents at an insurance seminar with a gun because he thought they used his private bathroom. 
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    • 7 min
    The Backstory: Bloody politics

    The Backstory: Bloody politics

    Think politics today are the most angry and violent they’ve ever been? What about the days when senators and congressmen came to work armed with guns and knives? Or the murder of one congressman by another just because they had an ideological disagreement? That’s when politics were bloody.
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    • 7 min
    The Backstory: Radiant heat & working toilets 2,000 years ago

    The Backstory: Radiant heat & working toilets 2,000 years ago

    We think the world just keeps evolving. But what happens when a civilization like Rome collapses and all that technology disappears? 
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    • 7 min
    The Backstory: Meeting your children…from a past life

    The Backstory: Meeting your children…from a past life

    Imagine meeting your children…and they're way older than you! But you've been obsessed since your earliest memory with the idea that you were the mother of eight kids. But you died, leaving them orphaned. And your guilt was palpable, even as a three-year-old! You may not believe in reincarnation, but it’s hard to ignore Jenny Cockell’s story.
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    • 7 min
    The Backstory: What in the heck did I just say?!?!

    The Backstory: What in the heck did I just say?!?!

    We use words and phrases every day, and usually never question why we say what we say. Why do we say “she’s on a wild goose chase” or “we laughed our heads off”? The surprising origin of ordinary phrases. 
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    • 6 min
    The Backstory: Paradise lost

    The Backstory: Paradise lost

    You’d think being a princess (and ultimately the queen) of the Hawaiian islands would be an uncomplicated dream life. But the last queen of the kingdom of Hawaii dealt with an unfaithful husband, racism, death threats, and being placed under house arrest for over a year as her kingdom was overthrown by a coup and annexed to America. 
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    • 7 min

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