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January 19, 2025 13 mins

#history #secretlivesofhistoricalfigures #surprisingfacts 

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing  how history is often stranger than fiction, and if you look behind the polished portraits of historical figures, you’re sure to find some pretty surprising tid bits. Like the former US President who was actually pretty amazing at wrestling and the famous inventor who apparently was a fart joke connoisseur.  Hope you enjoy this lighter themed episode =)

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Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro 
0:47 - Farting Connoisseur 
3:37 - Painter, Perfumer & Murderer? 
7:10 - Amazing Wrestler 
12:51 - Up next 

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 ►SOURCES:
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/13/7533665/benjamin-frankling-farting 
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48601/benjamin-franklin-and-jonathan-swift-were-fart-joke-masters 
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lincoln-wrestling-hall-of-fame/ 
https://www.britannica.com/story/was-abraham-lincoln-a-wrestler 
https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/128 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/a-bet-landed-abraham-lincoln-in-the-wrestling-hall-of-fame-1.7170583 
https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/11/abraham-lincolns-illustrious-wrestling-career 
The Fart Letter: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/to-the-royal-academy-of-farting/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEQuGOAWZc 
https://www.iflscience.com/leonardo-da-vinci-was-a-master-perfumer-but-practically-nobody-knows-about-it-75900 
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/16/the-secret-lives-of-leonardo-da-vinci 
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502202/12-masterful-facts-about-leonardo-da-vinci 
https://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/144/ 
https://www.academia.edu/37607957/LEONARDO_DA_VINCIS_MURDER_CONFESSION 
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