Goff's 3 Minute Histories

Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea. 

Sources:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0

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Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom.

Sources:

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/

https://www.purina.com.au/fancyfeast/thelounge/articles/joy/history-of-cats-in-egypt#:~:text=From%20everyday%20people%20to%20the,symbol%20and%20source%20of%20worship.

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Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong? 

Sources:

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/

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The most famous scream in cinema.

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/

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It's like the pony express, except the library version. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-depression-bookmobiles-180963786/

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Latin, the language to get famous after it died. 

Sources:

https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475

https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire

https://www.th

egreatcoursesdaily.com/language-evolution-one-language-became-five-languages/

https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/02/11/whats-in-a-name/

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Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why.......

Sources:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich

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Talk about carrying a marriage on your back....

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79

https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg

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Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine.

https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=12744

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4u1NFV4eQ

Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle. 

Sources:

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-christmas-pickle-tradition-hiding-german

https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/christmas/the-christmas-pickle-ornament/

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