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Drunk History Episodes | Season 3 | |
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New Jersey
Rival paleontologists Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh clash over fossil discoveries; and physicists Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson find evidence of the big bang.
Miami
The cocaine trade in Miami is taken over by Griselda Blanco; Clark Gable joins the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II; Ponce de Le??n clashes with Diego Columbus.
New Orleans
Sam Zemurray makes a fortune in the banana trade; pirate Jean Lafitte helps Andrew Jackson beat the British during the War of 1812; Louis Armstrong becomes a jazz legend.
Spies
Virginia Hall works as a spy behind enemy lines in France during World War II; and intelligence officer Roald Dahl aids the British war effort against the Axis powers. Also: Harriet Tubman supplies the Union army with information that could turn the tide of the American Civil War.
Cleveland
Rival paleontologists Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh clash over fossil discoveries; and physicists Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson find evidence of the big bang.
Games
Board games become popular thanks to Milton Bradley; a pinball banned is overturned with help from Roger Sharpe; Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky at chess during the Cold War.
Oklahoma
A land claim in Oklahoma is made by Kentucky Daisy; astronaut Gordon Cooper goes on a space mission; Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
Journalism
Thomas Nast's political cartoons help take down Tammany Hall's "Boss" Tweed in the 1870s; journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland race each other around the world in 1889.
Los Angeles
An aqueduct's construction makes city officials rich in Los Angeles; Rin Tin Tin becomes a movie star; Andres Pico leads a group of vigilantes on a quest for justice.
New Mexico
Pope leads the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonizers in 1680; Boy Scouts cofounder Ernest Thompson Seton tracks a wolf; the true story of the Roswell UFO conspiracy is revealed.
Inventors
Alexander Graham Bell beats Elisha Gray to the patent office for the telephone; Thomas Edison endeavors to launch a filmmaking monopoly.
Las Vegas
Bugsy Siegel bets his life on a Las Vegas casino, while the Moulin Rouge breaks the color barrier. Also: Sin City's origins are a popularity contest for J.T. McWilliams and William Clark.
Space
Love blossoms between Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Russian cosmonauts make the first spacewalk; Wernher von Braun becomes a pioneer in rocket science.
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