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History Go Time!

History Go Time!

By: Damian Smith
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Somewhere between Dan Carlin and George Carlin, professional comedian and history enthusiast Damian Smith regales with his favourite anecdotes from throughout the annals of time. These stories are fun, exciting, compelling, and quite often actually happened - for as Leo Ferre once said: ”you must believe in ancient history, even if it is not true.” Guaranteed at least 90% truth.Damian Smith World
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  • Reagan Ruined Everything I: Two Bad Neighbors
    Jun 26 2025

    My favourite episode of The Simpsons is packed with a lot of very niche political references. Here's why it's so funny. Also, it's always worth exploring how everything is Ronald Reagan's fault. Because it is.

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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Popeperu
    May 24 2025

    "The history of popes is too boring." Is it? A pope goes to war with Germany because he had too much sex, there's a skeleton lawyer, two - TWO - wizards, and a little something called THE JOUST OF WHORES!

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • The Great Lie-brary
    Apr 23 2025

    Why do people seem to think that the library of Alexandria was the only library in the ancient world?

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    2 hrs and 7 mins

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