Robert Smalls was born into slavery, and through his wit, patience, bravery, and skill, was able to steal a Confederate war ship and sail himself, his wife, and several other families past Fort Sumter and to freedom during the Civil War. But that wasn't the end - Smalls went on to become one of the most important figures of the fight against the South, gained the ear of Lincoln, and secured voting rights for African-Americans after the war.
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#61 – The Electoral College Gets the Third Degree
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#60 – Remember Atari?
#59 – The Microwave: Cooker of Hot Dogs; Measurer of the Speed of Light
#58 – What If The Earth Rotated Backwards?
#57 – A Little Taste of Everything
#56 – You Say “Berenstein,” I Say “Berenstain.”
#55 – VR + DB Cooper
#54 – Aluminum: More Than Just Nice Cans
#53 – How Air Conditioning Elected Ronald Reagan
#52 – Earth’s Magnetic Personality
#51 – The Fascinating Case of Phineas Gage
# 50 – The Flux Capacitor of Space Travel
#49 – Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Marketing Scam
#48 – No, The *Other* Margaret Hamilton
# 47 – Tinnitus: It’s All In Your Head
#46 – Jupiter? I Barely Knew Her!
#45 – The Farnsworth Invention
#44 – The Universe and Everything
#43 – Heat Stroke and Naked Baby Ducks
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