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Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - TR Vs. The World

12/15/19 • 53 min

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Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize, which he clinched in part for brokering peace between Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. During his presidency, he also paved the way for the construction of the Panama Canal. He got so far by “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” as he famously advised to others. But how did that Big Stick Energy go over with his fellow politicians, the press, and the people? Find out all that and more in this episode.

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12/15/19 • 53 min

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Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - TR Vs. The World

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History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and Mental Flaws. Bucyrus steam shovel chugging away in the Caliber cut is huge and complicated. It requires an engineer, a crane, man of firemen, and several pitmen to keep it operating. The machines five cubic yard bucket is capable of moving eight tons of rock or nearly seven tons of earth in a single scoop. And here in the massive gash in the earth that will become the Panama Canal, the machine

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