I'm going to show you how great I am.

This is a lot of tiny power.

I just want to say from the bottom of me heart, I'd like to take this chance to

apologize to absolutely nobody.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of How to Take Over the World.

This is Ben Wilson.

It's a special episode today.

We are doing the end notes for the life of Alexander the Great.

All the thoughts I had, all of the random floatsum and jetsam that I didn't get to in the two main episodes is going to be here. So it's a little more free-flowing, less of a structure, less narrative, and I hope you guys like it. The list of topics

that I'm going to cover includes what happened after Alexander's death and the successor

kingdoms, Alexander's sexuality, a review of the Alexander the Great movie directed by Oliver Stone in 2004.

If Alexander was Greek, why did he have blonde hair and light eyes? So just kind of

random thoughts on Alexander in his life and stuff I didn't get to. So let's jump in after

this word from our sponsors.

This episode is brought to you by Cold Plunge.

I'm going to give you a little spoiler and tell you about an incident from the middle of Alexander's life.

On one of the campaigns, Alexander had one of his officers, a powerful man from a well-to-do city-state, stripped of his rank.

What was this man's offense that Alexander would punish him like this? He took a bath in warm water. Wild, right? Why was it so important to Alexander that his men bathe in only cold water?

Well, he knew it kept them sharp, and actually modern science has confirmed the benefits of cold exposure and cold baths specifically.

Taking cold baths has been shown to

increase blood flow, improve sleep, support your immune system, and boost your mood among other

benefits. That's why ice baths are something that I have incorporated into my fitness regime

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