Emotional attachment is thousands of years old, but it actually started off with apes! For humans, Valentine’s Day started off as a blood-soaked pagan fertility festival loaded with alcohol, nudity, and blood! On the flip side, the romance element is a pretty recent invention. You can thank the Victorians for that. Plus, find out who sent the first Valentine!

Emotional attachment is thousands of years old, but it actually started off with apes! For humans, Valentine&rsquo;s Day started off as a blood-soaked pagan fertility festival loaded with alcohol, nudity, and blood! On the flip side, the romance element is a pretty recent invention. You can thank the Victorians for that. Plus, find out who sent the first Valentine!

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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

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The Backstory: My bloody valentine!

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Do You Get Stressed Over News Stories About a Bunch of People Getting Sick With a Disease You’ve Never Even Heard Of? Lately, It’s the Hantavirus. But Here’s the Thing. These Outbreaks Have Been Around for Thousands of Years. Problem Is, You Can’t Ignore What’s Happening, but the Anxiety Can Really Gnaw at You. So It’s Better to Know the Origin Story, Because Like They Say… Knowledge Is Power.

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Do You Get Stressed Over News Stories About a Bunch of People Getting Sick With a Disease You&rsquo;ve Never Even Heard Of? Lately, It&rsquo;s the Hantavirus. But Here&rsquo;s the Thing. These Outbreaks Have Been Around for Thousands of Years. Problem Is, You Can&rsquo;t Ignore What&rsquo;s Happening, but the Anxiety Can Really Gnaw at You. So It&rsquo;s Better to Know the Origin Story, Because Like They Say&hellip; Knowledge Is Power.
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The Backstory: Hantavirus: Do I Have It?

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Ever Get the Feeling That Your One Big Moment . . Might Be All There Is? That Was the Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to Walk on the Moon . . and as He Shared . . Also the First to Pee on the Moon. But His Return to Earth and the Struggle He Faced Trying to One Up That Footstep on the Lunar Surface, Is an Inspiration.

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Ever Get the Feeling That Your One Big Moment . . Might Be All There Is? That Was the Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to Walk on the Moon . . and as He Shared . . Also the First to Pee on the Moon. But His Return to Earth and the Struggle He Faced Trying to One Up That Footstep on the Lunar Surface, Is an Inspiration.
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The Backstory: Buzz Aldrin: To the Moon and Back

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On first blush, most of us say we’d like to live forever. But how far are you willing to go? How about freezing your body cryogenically so it can be resuscitated decades from now? The first guy did that almost 60 years ago. Folks like PayPal founder Peter Thiel have signed on, as have Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. But the big question is... what happens when you wake up? You’re a time traveler with no way back...

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On first blush, most of us say we&rsquo;d like to live forever. But how far are you willing to go? How about freezing your body cryogenically so it can be resuscitated decades from now? The first guy did that almost 60 years ago. Folks like PayPal founder Peter Thiel have signed on, as have Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. But the big question is... what happens when you wake up? You&rsquo;re a time traveler with no way back...
Feel free to DM me if you have a story you&rsquo;d like me to cover. On Facebook it&rsquo;s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.

The Backstory: Frozen … Then Waking Up a Century Later

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The Backstory: My bloody valentine!

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