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Hello, this is Matt and McKinley from History Dispatches.

We are the father-son duo bringing you the weird, the wild, the wacky, and the craziest tales from across time.

From the ice bowl to the great heathen army.

And the head of Oliver Cromwell.

The same head they kept on a pike for three years?

Yep.

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Now, before we begin, and I know you probably already listened to the intro already, I'm going to

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