The Past Was the Worst- QED

In the episode today, we're going over a variety of reasons why the past was the worst and, while the world is far from perfect and MANY things to still improve upon, we are all lucky to be alive right now. And anyone who says otherwise should be smacked upside the head with a history book repeatedly until they see the error in their thinking. ;-) 0:00 That Time the U.S. Government Intentionally Poisoned and Killed Over 10,000 of Its Citizens 28:18 That Time the US Government Teamed Up with the Mafia to Defeat the Nazis 40:33 The Poison Squad – The Men Who Volunteered to Let the Government Poison Them 52:32 Forgotten History: The M247 Sergeant York and Its Propensity to Lock Onto Latrines Instead of Enemy Aircraft 1:04:07 Forgotten History: Walter Hunt and the Safety Pin 1:13:44 Alexander Graham Bell’s Forgotten Greatest Invention 1:19:51 The Largely Forgotten Airship Disaster That Helped Kill These Cruise Ships of the Sky 1:40:17 The Forgotten Plague During Prohibition 1:46:55 Forgotten History- The Battleship Built in Union Square 1:58:19 The Obscenely Successful Obsolete Sailing Ship and Its Daring Captain Who Terrorized the High Seas During WWI

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