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330: Herodotus: The Birth of History

The Rest Is History

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The First Funny Story in History

I've been wanting to do Her auditors for a year. Ever since we started, you have to be fair. So you decided to basically set yourself up as a rival to Her auditors because you're writing about the same period. You are toying with Her auditors, I'm your little bit. He's the father of history. His book is called The Histories. But your book, as you have told our rest is history club members already. Hence for the feminist joke. Now tell us. What does he do? Don't leave us hanging, Tom. No, I can read it in my Penguin Classics translation of Her officers. It pains me to say hugely acclaimed

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