History of Everything: Simon Bolivar The Liberator of South America
History of Everything
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Simone Bolivar: The Great Leader of Venezuela
Simone Bolivar crossed the Andes with 2,400 men in May of 1819. He suffered a 20% casualty rate just marching there and then he surprised Spanish general Jose Maria Barrio on August 7, 1819. Did you know that author Robert Louis Stevenson gave his birthday away? There was a football team that played for six years before someone realized that the school never ever existed. Or that a dog in upstate New York was once placed on trial for murder? Well, you need to listen to find out.
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