It's Jeremy's turn to tell the story this week and he chose the history of the black buffalo soldiers that formed the Army's first bicycle corps.

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Cassius M. Clay was an outspoken abolitionist and won several gunfights with a bowie knife. Learn about the man that Muhammad Ali was originally named after. 

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In the second part of this story, Dr. Brinkley starts the biggest radio station in the world and uses it to advertise his goat testicle surgery, speak about his love for Nazis, and make country music popular. 

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Dr. John R. Brinkley became famous and rich in the 1920's for sewing goat testicles into men's bodies. But was he even a real doctor?

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In 1969, 3,000 college students came to party in the tiny town of Zap, North Dakota. Then the town ran out of beer, the students rioted, and the National Guard had to be called in.

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When Ruth Norman's husband died, she took over his space cult and turned into a glittery fashion public access tv show. 

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In 1955, the largest department store in Portland, Oregon was bombed. The detectives only had one suspect, Clarence Peddicord. The only problem was that Clarence was blind. 

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Robert E. Lee was Montgomery Meigs's friend and idol until Lee became a traitor to the Union. Meigs decided the best revenge was to bury a bunch of soldiers around Lee's house. 

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Flying was way nicer in the 60's than it is now, the food was amazing and there was tons of legroom. There was also a lot of hijackings. Between 1968 and 1972, 130 American planes were hijacked and many of them ended up in Havana, Cuba.

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This story has it all: jetpacks, Nazis, James Bond, Michael Jackson, murder, kidnapping and more. It doesn't get cooler or crazier than jetpacks. 

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