Did Martians Help Fight The Spanish? (feat. Robert MacDougall, PhD)
It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!
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The Story of a Red Cable and a Heifer
There's a grand American tradition of just not just American, but there is a grand tradition of tall tales and spinning yarns. And it's not easy to sort of pull apart which stories are just meant to be jokes and which stories are true. The story was confirmed via interviews by Hamilton himself that the story was a successful attempt to win a Liars Club competition. It must have been difficult when newspapers posted memes as part of their daily thing.
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