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Dateline: Washington, DC - March, 1972

Presidential Aide Charles Colson called on E. Howard Hunt to find a way to thwart a long-time Nixon nemesis, syndicated reporter Jack Anderson. The proposed solution was assassination.

Length: 5:44

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Dateline: Hopkinsville, Kentucky - March 30, 1901:

While under a hypnotic trance, Edgar Cayce prescribed a cure for his own ailment despite having no medical background. It was the first of over 14,000 predictions by the 20th Century's most prolific psychic.

Length: 5:03

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Dateline: Brooklyn, NY - July 22, 1933

Wiley Post completed the first 'round the world solo flight. He was one of the most skilled pilots of his era, despite having only one eye.

Length: 5:37

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Dateline: Brazil - September 1928

Brazilian officials granted the Ford Motor Company an enormous acreage of rainforest for rubber production. Henry Ford then ordered the construction of an American city deep in the Amazon jungle.

Length: 5:06

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Dateline: Fort Mills, South Carolina - March 19, 1987

Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL Club, which he created with his wife Tammy Faye. Revelations about financial impropriety and sexual misconduct ruined the multi-million dollar Christian empire.

Length: 5:29

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Dateline: Washington, DC - 1942

Before the creation of the CIA, the US operated a small intelligence branch so secret few people in government knew it existed. The organization was called the Pond.

Length: 4:54

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Dateline: the Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR - November 3, 1957

Laika the dog was place aboard a Sputnik satellite and sent into space. She was the first of thirteen canine cosmonauts.

Length: 4:28

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Dateline: Del Rio, Texas - March 22, 1939
 
Dr. John Brinkley sued the American Medical Association for damages to his career. The trial unveiled the truth behind the goat gland doctor's 20-year hoax.

Part 3 of 3.

Length: 5:18

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Dateline: Milford, Kansas - 1923
 
Dr. John Brinkley created one of America's earliest radio stations, furthering his 20-year career as one of history's most audacious con men.

Part 2 of 3.

Length: 5:25

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Dateline: Milford, Kansas - November, 1917
 
Dr. John R. Brinkley conducted his first goat testicle transplant operation, which he touted as a surgical cure for male impotence. Thus began the 20-year career of one of history's most audacious con men.

Part 1 of 3.

Length: 6:14

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