Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen took his entire units' meth dosage to survive against pursuing Soviet soldiers, sub-zero temperatures and much more!
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Sources: Reddit.com/damnthatsinteresting, Wikipedia.org, Allthatsinteresting.com ‘Meet Aimo Koivunen, The Solider Who Survived WWII Thanks To Accidentally Overdosing On Meth’ by Genevive Carlton 2022, Medium.com ‘The Crazy Crystal Meth Adventure Of A Finnish Soldier’ by Giulia Montanari 2020, iwm.org.uk

Meth Saves The Day For WWII Solider With Guest Nick Taravella

Strider Wilson hosts a podcast delving into history through the perspective of a mature erudite bro. He was one unit away from a history minor at U.C. San Diego, but he does’t let that stop him from examining what it would have been like to be a bro posted up on Bunker Hill or uncovering what the chillest aspect of surrealist art is. Buckle up because Strider will not only venture into humanity's shared past. He will venture within himself. Asking real questions such as, “exactly how tight are pirates,” or “what if he stayed that extra semester in school,” “would my life have been danker?” Strider firmly believes that history is tight because we all should for sure blaze our own trails… but in what direction?

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Which animal gave ancient armies the greatest strategic edge? Do certain ones still have use in modern military tactics? Strider ranks the most elite non-human soldiers of the past, present and hopefully not future. 
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Sources: livescience.com ‘Beasts in Battle: 15 Amazing Animal Recruits in War’ by Tom Metcalfe and Jeremy Hsu 2017, quora.com, wikipedia.com, history.com, hubpages.com, julieandboris.com

Dank Off: War Animals

Adapting to survive in the harshest climate the world has to offer is too sick! Which animal is the absolute sickest though?
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Dank Off: Desert Creatures

He met an untimely death. Was it a curse? Was this Ancient Babylonian King mad or was he just a pretty regular gnarly king? 
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Sources: worldhistory.org, livius.org, nationalgeographic.com, britannica.com

Cambyses II: Mad Or Not?

Strider shoots from the hip on this ep! Luckily he's been crushing the dank series Shogun. So, he's always ready to talk Bushido Code and much more!
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Sources: britannica.com, wikipedia.com. history.com, and definitely NOT artofmanliness.com

Shogun Is So Sick

We've all been in one at some point in our lives. Most likely during a school commute. Strider would argue that the greatest lessons in life did not occur in the classroom, but rather in the confined space of the backseat on the way to that classroom. Buckle up for a banger of an ep!
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Sources: nytimes.com ‘Once Popular, Car Pools Go The Way Of Hitch Hicking’ by Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gabeloff 2011, shareable.net, mariam-webster.com, wikipedia.org

Meth Saves The Day For WWII Solider With Guest Nick Taravella

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