There’s a great origin story behind snake oil salesmen, and it has to do with just one guy who singlehandedly gave it a bad name.

There’s a great origin story behind snake oil salesmen, and it has to do with just one guy who singlehandedly gave it a bad name.

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Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman

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Ever wanted to know more about how the Manhattan grid was made? Well this is your chance. Find out all about it in this classic episode.

Ever wanted to know more about how the Manhattan grid was made? Well this is your chance. Find out all about it in this classic episode.

Selects: The Manhattan Grid

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Robert Maxwell was a lot of things, publisher, mogul, spy, politician, crook. But was he murdered when he fell from his yacht?

Robert Maxwell was a lot of things, publisher, mogul, spy, politician, crook. But was he murdered when he fell from his yacht?

Who was Robert Maxwell?

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Did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 CE? Absolutely not. Find out how we know when Chuck and Josh bust a two thousand year-old myth. 

Did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 CE? Absolutely not. Find out how we know when Chuck and Josh bust a two thousand year-old myth.&nbsp;

Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

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Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman

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