“On this day in 743, the exporting of slaves by Christians to heathen areas was prohibited, and this made a lot of sense. I mean, what if you exported your slaves to a place where heathens lived and your slaves were captured by the heathen and became…slaves?”
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Today in Hystery December 31st
“On this day in 1711, the Duke of Marlborough was fired as the English army commander. It doesn’t say here why he was fired but, maybe, when they hired the Duke of Marlborough, they were hoping for a rugged cowboy out on the prairie, on his horse, puffing on a cigarette.”
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Today in Hystery December 22nd
“On this day in 1882, the first string of Christmas tree lights was created by…guess who? Thomas Edison. So, now you know who invented Christmas lights and you can help me toast his name. Next up, I want to find out who invented those plastic house icicles and you can help me hunt him down and have him flogged.”
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Today in Hystery November 26th
“On this day in 1896, an athletics coach at the University of Chicago created the football huddle. And so another element was added to the rugged man’s game of American football where eleven men wearing tight pants stand with their arms around each other, whispering.”