For one of this week's additional history stories a couple of days ago, I talked about Jimmy Hoffa becoming the top leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Fast forward to 1975, and Jimmy Hoffa went missing. It's been nearly fifty years, but his whereabouts are still unknown. What do you know about his mysterious disappearance and the theories surrounding it? Not much? Well, I'll fill you in.

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