Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.

Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.

Let's hear it for our super producer, Max the Super Civil Williams.

Yeah, that was a really good clap, guys.

Super tight.

Before we went, so we like to clap together.

It's an artifact from our old school recording days.

We love a ritual.

I definitely love a ritual.

And right before we rolled, I was supposed to do the

intro and I said, ooh, you guys, that was a really good clap. We're recording remotely and we just

nailed it. Well, and we're having some big Friday energy on Thursday because tomorrow's a holiday.

Right. Observed. An observed holiday. Yes, thank you. Right, right.

As we're gearing up for the celebration of the United States, a real up-and-comer, that's Mr. Noll

Brown.

They called me Ben Bullen-Esquire here for tax purposes and a couple legal loopholes.

But, Noel, you remember the Civil War, right, dude?

Oh, man.

How could I forget?

Brother fighting brother, you know, in the blood in the streets of these American states.

Yeah, it's a weird name, right, dude, for a very, calling the Civil War, the Civil War is strange. It was quite unci civil war is strange it's quite uncivil yes very

uncivil but it is a thing it is a thing that had to happen because as we know quick and dirty on it

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