History is a puzzle with missing pieces. We found them.

You know the names on the monuments. You’ve read the chapters in the history books. But those stories usually end right when they’re getting interesting. Behind every famous face, every world-changing invention, and every "accidental" victory, there is a secret that changed everything.

In And That’s What You Didn’t Know, we go beyond the highlights. We look for the people history tried to forget:

• The master outlaw who built the science of modern policing.

• The Hollywood starlet who spent her nights inventing the foundation for your Wi-Fi.

• The quiet neighbor with a "Golden Arm" who saved 2.4 million babies.

• The soldier who saved the entire world by simply refusing to follow an order.

Inspired by the classic, "The Rest of the Story" style of narrative, we bring you twice-weekly episodes that strip away the marble statues to reveal the human, the strange, and the spectacular truth.

Because the most important part of the story... is the part they left out.

Hosted by Adam Smith.

• Categories: History, True Stories, Society & Culture, Education.

• Keywords: Untold History, Paul Harvey, The Rest of the Story, Hidden Figures, Secret History, Biographies, True Legends, Historical Mysteries.