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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 October 2008

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When the U.S. was still a young nation, the notorious Barbary pirates demanded tribute from countries across the world. Rumor has it that President Jefferson was the first to stand up to the pirates. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more.

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0:27.7	Head to iHeartRadio.com slash I Heartland today.
0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from Howstupworks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm editor Candice Gibson, joined today by the Fabulous and Oso Awesome Josh Clark.
0:50.7	Thank you, Candice, and let me say R and Hoi to you.
0:54.7	Oh, that reminds me of a joke that I know.
0:56.7	Okay, yeah. What?
0:58.7	What do pirates drive?
1:00.7	What?
1:01.7	Cars.
1:02.7	That's great.
1:03.7	You know there's not enough pirate jokes these days.
1:05.7	Yeah, but there's no shortage of pirates.
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