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FUNNY STUFF

The REAL Story of the Pilgrims – JonTron

JonTronShow | October 27, 2024

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NATIVE CULTURE

That Time the US Paid a $642,500 Ransom to Pirates

PBS Origins | October 23, 2024

Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023p Did you know that the U.S.’ first foreign-fought war was with…pirates? After the U.S. declared independence, the Barbary pirates began capturing Americans in the Mediterranean and holding them for ransom. At one point, Congress agreed to pay them a huge portion of their federal […]