Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Charles Farrar Browne, the First Standup Comedian

Charles Farrar Browne is often called the first standup comedian. He was, in the 1860s, wildly famous, but his early death, and the soaring career of one of his friends, have contributed to Browne fading from the spotlight in history.

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  SYMHC Classics: Treaty of Waitangi

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  Introducing: Escape From Zaqistan

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  Behind the Scenes Minis: Questionable Jokes and Turkey

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  Thanksgiving vs. Franksgiving

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  SYMHC Classics: 3 Reformation Women Classic

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  Behind the Scenes Minis: Hans, Mike, and Nate

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  Interview - Nate DiMeo and The Memory Palace

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  Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum

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  SYMHC Classics: Victorian Orchidelirium

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  Behind the Scenes Minis: Lyon and the Family

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  Interview - Toby Ball/Rip Current

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  1798 Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania

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  SYMHC Classics: Bram Stoker

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  Behind the Scenes Minis: Farewell, Halloween

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  Ghosts of the British Isles, Part 2