Bombshell
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Today's tour features a story you've probably never heard of, and one you definitely have...you just might not know it yet.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:36.8 | There are countries in the world that don't have the biggest armies or the largest populations, |
| 0:41.7 | but they make up for those deficiencies in other ways. |
| 0:44.5 | Oftentimes, these smallest nations are the ones with the most patriotic citizens, after |
| 0:48.6 | all they are few and unique. |
| 0:50.9 | Now perhaps none are fewer or more unique than the residents of one particular place, |
| 0:55.6 | the Republic of Malaysia. |
| 0:58.1 | It was first established on May 26th of 1977 as the Grand Republic of Voldstein, under |
| 1:03.9 | the rule of King James I and its Prime Minister, a young man named Kevin Bau. |
| 1:08.9 | Voldstein was a fairly sleepy nation, and its king wasn't too interested in power or |
| 1:13.0 | money. |
| 1:14.0 | After some time though, the king ceased being part of Voldstein's progress, and Prime |
| 1:17.5 | Minister Bau took over its development. |
| 1:20.0 | In 1980 he renamed it the Kingdom of Edelstein, before recrystaining it yet again years later |
| 1:25.3 | as the Kingdom of Zaria. |
| 1:26.8 | In fact, Zaria changed names almost as many times as it changed locations. |
| 1:31.4 | It established a presence in Europe around this time, then moved again in 1992. |
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