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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

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

How things are built can inspire wonder and awe, as this trip through the halls of the Cabinet will surely reveal.

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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.

0:27.9

Some guys just feel like they have something to prove.

0:30.8

How else would you explain someone like Jeffrey Hudson?

0:33.9

Born in England in 1619, Jeffrey's family worked under British royalty as keepers of

0:39.4

their livestock.

0:40.8

The Duchess of Buckingham took particular interest in Jeffrey when he was very young and invited

0:45.7

him to become part of the family.

0:48.5

They were so infatuated with him in fact that they thought it would be selfish to keep

0:52.5

him to themselves.

0:54.2

Once after Jeffrey joined the Duchess's household, he was presented to King Charles the

0:58.4

first and his wife Queen Henrietta Maria at a grand feast in their honor.

1:03.6

As the dinner came to a close and dessert was being served, the young Jeffrey popped

1:08.2

out of a pie before the queen, clad in a suit of armor.

1:12.4

The site was terribly amusing and the Duke and Duchess gifted Jeffrey to the king and queen.

1:19.5

Jeffrey moved in with his new royal parents, so to speak, and got along quite well with

1:23.8

the rest of the household.

1:25.4

His cuteness however began to fade as he grew up and so to maintain favor with the royal

1:30.6

family he started wearing elaborate costumes and telling jokes to entertain them.

1:35.4

He became known as quite the wits among the nobles who visited the king and queen.

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