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The Backstory: The unelected female president
Despite the fact there have been well over 125 female presidents and prime ministers around the world, the U.S. has never had a woman who ran the cou…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Backstory: Crazy stuff we eat, from bugs to beaver tails
Food plays so many roles in our lives. Obviously, it keeps us alive, but it also satisfies desires and brings us closer to the people we share it wit…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Backstory: Cannibalism on the wild frontier
The Netflix hit film Society of the Snow is the true story of South American athletes trapped in the snowy mountains after a plane crash…with some su…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: From slave to congressman
This is the remarkable story of Robert Smalls. In 1862, he was a young slave who managed to commandeer a rebel warship in Charleston, South Carolina’…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: Maniacs and mysticism
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 …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: Romance: Roses, chocolates, and bloody animal skins
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 wom…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: An unbelievable touchdown in the upper deck
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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2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal genocide
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 me…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: Immortality: young blood and monkey testicles
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 pop…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Backstory: Cold War condoms and undercover kitties
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 rea…
2 years, 4 months ago