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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Some folks create things that are difficult to believe. Today's tour features two such tales. Just remember: seeing isn't always necessary for believing.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:28.0

Friends come to us in unexpected ways.

0:30.8

Their timing can seem strange, but oddly appropriate as they weave themselves so deeply

0:35.8

into our lives that we couldn't imagine life without them.

0:40.2

Friends can illuminate the best in us, or amplify the worst in us, and sometimes we don't

0:45.7

know what kind of friend they are until it's too late.

0:49.2

But no matter what, a good friend is there when we need them the most.

0:53.2

George P. Burdell was that kind of friend.

0:57.8

And Ed Smith met George Burdell in 1927 that too hit it off immediately.

1:03.6

Both men attended George's attack, a university that claims among its alumni, former president

1:08.9

Jimmy Carter and golf legend Bobby Jones.

1:12.2

George and Ed took all of the same classes and often completed assignments together.

1:17.7

They even took the copy in each other's homework on more than one occasion, changing the

1:22.1

answers just enough to make it look like they'd done the work individually.

1:27.0

The two men were inseparable, but eventually George started to gain notoriety around

1:31.4

the campus.

1:32.4

He played varsity football from 1928 to 1930, and upon reaching his senior year, he was

1:38.2

offered membership into the ANAK Society, a secret honor society founded in 1908.

1:45.1

Ed however continued his education as intended, and in 1930 he and George earned their bachelor's

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