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🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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These days basketball is a billion dollar cultural phenomenon -- but where did it come from? In the first part of this week's series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the origins of basketball, starting with the moment a young James Naismith was asked to distract a bunch of "incorrigible" students during the winter months.
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1:47.8 | Welcome back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for tuning in. Let's |
2:11.2 | have a shout out for our super producer, Mr. Max Williams. |
2:16.4 | Hipped to the hot to the jive little ball. I don't know what that was, but I'm talking about basketball. |
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