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A Tale of Two Hansons: Busting Myths About the 'First' US President

Ridiculous History

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The Steel Box Blue Ray of History

i was in a very interesting conversation with some historians, actually, over the break since last time we were corted. She said that as you go further back in time, fewer and fewer people are literate. So any written record we're reading is actually a history of the literate class rightay? From their pespective, ye often comes with a pretty big slant,. then, exactly, exactly, as way beyond, history is written by the winners. And it can happen more quickly than you might imagine.

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