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Part One: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People

Behind the Bastards

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Tropham Leshanko - Is That a Dude?

Tropham Leshanko was an Austrian monk and scientist who bred a bunch of pea plants. He thought that plants could be educated to grow in different climates because plants had free will. This is why you could educate a seed to survive the winter by freezing it before planting it. It's just like playing music in your house, playing it in the house, it grows better a little bit.

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