Stuff You Missed in History Class

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Genres: talk, podcast, History

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About Stuff You Missed in History Class

A podcast found at http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class-podcast.htm What made Peter the Great so great? What made Henry VII so bad, or Ivan so terrible? Tune into this HowStuff­Works podcast, with Candace Gibson and Jane McGrath, to learn the stories behind the lines of your textbooks. Recent episodes include: * The Underground Railroad may have saved as many as 100,000 slaves. Learn how the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act and a secret network of abolitionists led to the creation of the Underground Railroad. * In most films Vikings are depicted as bloodthirsty, relatively ignorant berserkers who did little more than plunder and pillage their way across Europe. However, the story doesn't end there. * ­Nowadays, the Spanish Inquisition is best known as a symbol of religious intolerance and extreme cruelty. Learn more about the people and politics behind the Spanish Inquisition.

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