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<v Speaker 1>Morning, Geraldine. Hey, have you been using that jade roller

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<v Speaker 1>I got you as a white elephant gift at the

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<v Speaker 1>holiday party? You look fantastic. Hm hmm. Then maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>your lagoon based diet. Maybe circus peanuts are good for

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<v Speaker 1>the skin. I'll have to try it. It look great.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have the script for today? Thank you? Now

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<v Speaker 1>let's see here. Wait, this script is just me talking, Geraldine.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be lying if I said this wasn't my biggest

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<v Speaker 1>dream come true. But where's all the Elliot's lines? Oh

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, I'm going to host our backpack from the

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<v Speaker 1>past super cut. Well, he's at that calligraphy conference for

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<v Speaker 1>Elliot's with two t s. There's a shocking number of them.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean there's more Elliot's into calligraphy than Leslie's into ceramics.

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<v Speaker 1>And trust me, that's a lot of Leslie's. That would

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<v Speaker 1>be a good band named Geraldine. Hey, and speaking of music, Eric,

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<v Speaker 1>please play that theme song here we go? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think you know about the faints from this study?

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<v Speaker 1>Before the game is on? To get some energy and

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<v Speaker 1>buckle up in your brain, because it's time to play

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<v Speaker 1>It's the worst podcast, Because it's time to favorite Fast,

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<v Speaker 1>Who Live from Tong valand or so called so Cow

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles. It's Who Was? A history quiz show that

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<v Speaker 1>for today is gonna be back to back to back

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<v Speaker 1>Backpack from the Past. I'm your announcer, be and for

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<v Speaker 1>today I'm also your host. Yes, welcome to the beta

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<v Speaker 1>version of the show. Today's episode is a collection of

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<v Speaker 1>one of our favorite games, Backpack from the Past. Backpack

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<v Speaker 1>from the Past, baby Now. The real for Backpack from

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<v Speaker 1>the Past are simple. Elliott or I will dig into

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<v Speaker 1>our backpack from the past, a back filled with personal

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<v Speaker 1>objects from famous figures throughout history. Will describe those objects

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<v Speaker 1>for our contestants, who will then tell us what the

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<v Speaker 1>object represents. It's kind of like a historical show and

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<v Speaker 1>tell that's heavy on the tail. Sometimes our famous figures

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<v Speaker 1>will be the one sharing their own items from the backpack,

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<v Speaker 1>like this first episode featuring Harriet Tubman. You'll hear her

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<v Speaker 1>voice along with mine and Elliott's. Yeah, this is one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorites to Geraldine. Let's listen in and hear

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<v Speaker 1>Harriet and THEO and Charlie are contestants for this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all that game back from the best. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear here is the first object. It's a quilt. What

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<v Speaker 1>is the story behind this quilt? Um? So, Harriet Tubman

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<v Speaker 1>actually married a man named John and I think they

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<v Speaker 1>were gonna move. Uh. She showed a quilte that took

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<v Speaker 1>her a very long time, and that was her most

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<v Speaker 1>prized possession, and when she was escaping her enslavement, she

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<v Speaker 1>actually gave that quote to one of the ladies that

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<v Speaker 1>helped her. Oh my gosh, add ten percent. That is

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<v Speaker 1>corrat way to go to you that. Thank you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very impressed to you. You are absolutely right. I made

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<v Speaker 1>this quilte from my first marriage to John Tubman. After

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<v Speaker 1>we married, I told John I was escaping from slavery,

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<v Speaker 1>and he told me he wasn't going to leave with me,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he was a free man. I left without

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<v Speaker 1>it and gave this quilte as a gift to a

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<v Speaker 1>Quaker woman who helped me escape. Charlie Europe, I'm holding

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<v Speaker 1>here a few plants. They are water lily and craigs bill, Charlie,

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<v Speaker 1>Why does Harriet have these plants in her backpack? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>So Harriet also became a nurse and a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people were feeling sick at the time, and so she

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<v Speaker 1>used some plants that she had learned from her mother

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<v Speaker 1>and use them to heal people. That is right. I

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<v Speaker 1>learned from my mother and my father. They taught me

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<v Speaker 1>how to use roots and plants to cure diseases. When

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<v Speaker 1>I was a nurse in the Union Army, I helped

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<v Speaker 1>cure dysentery using those plants. Oh my, this bag is

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<v Speaker 1>getting a little heavy heavy. That's weird. It's just a

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<v Speaker 1>backpack with what is it? What's in that bag? Whoa,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a full sized fishing boat. Up rudder. Sorry, that's THEO.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't worry about how Harriet managed to fit a full

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<v Speaker 1>sized fishing boat into this very tiny backpack. Just tell

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<v Speaker 1>us why does Harriet have a full sized fishing boat

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<v Speaker 1>in her very tiny backpack? Um, I'm not exactly sure,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's a couple of reasons why she might. But

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<v Speaker 1>one of the reasons I think why it might be

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<v Speaker 1>a fishing boat is because she helped her sister's family

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<v Speaker 1>escape from enslavement and they sailed down the river in

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<v Speaker 1>the fishing boat. But there's another part where she used

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<v Speaker 1>the boat to like attack Confederate basis. Um, during the

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<v Speaker 1>Civil War, you're pretty much on the right track theo

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<v Speaker 1>As one of the missions for the Underground Railroad, I

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<v Speaker 1>helped my sister Mary and her family escaped slavery by boat. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>now the next item, Huh, this last subject is really obscure.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't what do you mean by obscure? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you mean by that? It's the North Star? The North

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<v Speaker 1>Star in a backpack. Now I've seen everything. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>she's the North Star in her backpack because when she

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to escape from slavery, runaway slaves would follow

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<v Speaker 1>the North Star because they knew it leads them north.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the north northern parts of America, um slavery

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<v Speaker 1>was banned, so they were safe there. That's right, Charlie.

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<v Speaker 1>My father taught me how to fine the North Star.

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<v Speaker 1>He said the star, which was right next to the

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<v Speaker 1>Big Dipper, was a guiding light for enslaved people to

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<v Speaker 1>lead them north to freedom. And you know what, my

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<v Speaker 1>backpack is empty, so that means the game is over.

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<v Speaker 1>The baby. What a g eight day for me. I

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<v Speaker 1>got to meet Harriet Tubman and had like four handfuls

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<v Speaker 1>of mint and three ginger roots for dinner that night.

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<v Speaker 1>And it wasn't even my birthday. Next up, we're about

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<v Speaker 1>to find out what objects were in the backpack for

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<v Speaker 1>Napoleon and see if contestants Nola and Desmond can tell

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<v Speaker 1>us how they relate to his life. Roll that tape, Barrick,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, I'm going to take out the first item

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<v Speaker 1>from the backpack. Oh, it's two pieces of bread. One

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<v Speaker 1>is soft white bread and the other is old, hard

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<v Speaker 1>brown bread. Does this have something to do with a

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<v Speaker 1>Napoleon's dream of opening a bakery? Or be the food

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<v Speaker 1>Napoleon eight when he was young or see I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe he was gluten intolerant. B That's right. The answer

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<v Speaker 1>is be. Even as a boy, Napoleon wanted to grow

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<v Speaker 1>up to be a soldier, so he would trade food

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<v Speaker 1>with a real soldier, exchanging his mother's soft, fresh baked

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<v Speaker 1>white bread for the soldier's hard, army brown bread. He

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<v Speaker 1>told his mom, if I'm going to be as soldier,

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<v Speaker 1>I must get used to eating soldier spread. Oh, great

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<v Speaker 1>French accent there, thank you in French. Whatever that is.

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<v Speaker 1>The next item is for Desmond. B what's in that backpack?

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<v Speaker 1>It's a snowball with a rock in the center of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing that it stayed frozen for two hundred years.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know that's the who was backpack historical closet

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<v Speaker 1>is very cold, Desmond. What does this have to do

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<v Speaker 1>with Napoleon Bonaparte? Was he a involved in a big

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<v Speaker 1>snowball battle? Be a master snowman builder or see afraid

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<v Speaker 1>of the cold? That's right. A. When Napoleon was fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>years old, he led his classmates in a huge snowball

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<v Speaker 1>war that went on for weeks. It was Napoleon's first

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<v Speaker 1>big battle. So it ended in a draw when the

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<v Speaker 1>teachers made them stop because they were putting rocks in

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<v Speaker 1>the snowballs. Listeners, don't do that at home. Napoleon is

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<v Speaker 1>a trained snowball professional, Nola. The next question is for you,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, it's the crown, and hey it fits me.

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<v Speaker 1>Be Please don't try on other people's crowns. That's how

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<v Speaker 1>you get lice. Okay, Nola. What's this crown doing in

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<v Speaker 1>Napoleon's backpack? Did he a kill a king? B have

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<v Speaker 1>his birthday party of burger king? Or see have himself

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<v Speaker 1>crowned king? That's right. See. In seventeen ninety nine, Napoleon

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<v Speaker 1>took control of the French government and in eighteen o

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<v Speaker 1>four he was officially crowned Emperor of France. Pretty impressive

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<v Speaker 1>for a kid who used to give away good bread

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<v Speaker 1>and put rocks in his snowballs. Okay, there's just one

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<v Speaker 1>item left in the backpack, Desmond. This one is for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a postcard. There's a picture of an island and

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<v Speaker 1>it says, Elba, wish you weren't here. What would that

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<v Speaker 1>mean to Napoleon? Was he a vacationing on Elba? Be

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<v Speaker 1>imprisoned on Elba? Or see bought a time share on Alba,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know he never got around to using it

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<v Speaker 1>because he was too busy invading countries. That's right. B

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<v Speaker 1>In eighteen fourteen, a group of countries teamed up to

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<v Speaker 1>defeat Napoleon after he tried to conquer Ussia. They sent

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<v Speaker 1>him away to the island of Elba, where life was

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<v Speaker 1>really boring. Ten months later, Napoleon came back took over

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<v Speaker 1>France again, but then he lost the Battle of Waterloo

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<v Speaker 1>and Scott sent to an even smaller island, where he

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<v Speaker 1>spent the last five years of his life gardening. Typical

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<v Speaker 1>retiree behavior. And now it's time to retire from this game.

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<v Speaker 1>From the Beast Magnifico. We've got a lot more items

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<v Speaker 1>in the backpack, so don't go anywhere. We'll be right

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<v Speaker 1>back after this short break. Hey, who was Her? Want

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<v Speaker 1>to make a shout out to your own favorite person history,

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<v Speaker 1>famous or unfamous? Do you think your sour dough recipe

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<v Speaker 1>is better than ours? Would you like to tell us

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<v Speaker 1>your craziest dream? What I'm trying to say is we

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear from you, so send us an email

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<v Speaker 1>or voice memo at the Who Was Podcast at gmail

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Welcome back to the Who Was Podcast? Backpack

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<v Speaker 1>from the past. Super cut addition, and now here's your host, B.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, B. I must say you put on one

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<v Speaker 1>heck of a show. Who Why? Thank you Be. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess it's something I picked up from the subject of

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<v Speaker 1>our next episode, p T. Barnum. Oh wow, B. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see what was in his backpack? I know,

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<v Speaker 1>right be. Our contestants, Declin and Josie did an amazing job.

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<v Speaker 1>You could even call this episode the greatest show on Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's hear it. I found a d to some land.

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<v Speaker 1>It says this land, known as Ivy Island, now belongs

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<v Speaker 1>to my grandson Phineas Taylor Barnum. What is this about?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it a prank pts grandfather played on him? Or

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<v Speaker 1>be codes for how to get to a secret island

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<v Speaker 1>on the third level of Super Mario Brothers three D World.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think, Josie, it's a that's right. The

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<v Speaker 1>answer is a A young PT. Barnham learned a lesson

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<v Speaker 1>in building up anticipation in a hub for an event when,

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<v Speaker 1>at an early age, his grandfather got the whole town

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<v Speaker 1>of Bethel, Connecticut to tell pet that he was going

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<v Speaker 1>to inherit a beautiful island, but it turned out to

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<v Speaker 1>be a dry, tiny piece of land. Got your grandson, Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>The next object is for declan, Oh wow, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>cool old sign that says this way to the egress.

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<v Speaker 1>He might find a sign like this in t g

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<v Speaker 1>I Fridays today. But what did PT use it for?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it a a trick he played so customers would

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<v Speaker 1>buy two tickets to his museum? Or be Egress is

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<v Speaker 1>the neighborhood he lived in in New York City known

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<v Speaker 1>as the Eighth Borough. Um, You're right, the answer is a.

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<v Speaker 1>Egress is just a fancy word for exit, and it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like the name of like a cool bird or something.

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<v Speaker 1>Pet used this to get customers to leave his museum

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<v Speaker 1>when they didn't realize they were looking for the exit,

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<v Speaker 1>and then charge them for another ticket to get them

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<v Speaker 1>back in. I guess that's how he got his nickname

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<v Speaker 1>the King of the Humbugs. Pet was not above duping anyone. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's see if this next object will dupe Josie. This

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<v Speaker 1>object smells pretty terrible and oh my, it's really gnarly looking.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like the head of a monkey with some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of fish tail. What is this object? Is it a

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<v Speaker 1>Pet's favorite lunch, the monk fish, which he first tasted

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe? Or be the Fiji Mermaid? Um, be the

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<v Speaker 1>Fiji Mermaid. That's right, the answer is be the fabled

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<v Speaker 1>Fiji Mermaid. This was not a real mermaid, but he

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<v Speaker 1>advertised and ran stories about mermaids to build up excitement

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<v Speaker 1>so people would buy tickets to see it. Yes, long

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<v Speaker 1>before bieber fever ever existed, Pet created mermaid fever and

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<v Speaker 1>made a celebrity out of this. As he put it,

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<v Speaker 1>dried up old thing. Oh my, apologies, Fiji Mermaid. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't realize you were listening or alive okay, decline, This

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<v Speaker 1>next object is for you. Oh everybody, look out, get

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<v Speaker 1>out of the way. There's a train barreling straight out

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<v Speaker 1>of this back back. Oh why is everyone okay? Josie decline,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right, Yeah, you're okay, okay, good Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>Well this backpack is pretty strong to hold a train.

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<v Speaker 1>But why is there a train in P. T. Barnum's backpack?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it a from the traveling he did while campaigning

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<v Speaker 1>for president or B it's the train he used to

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<v Speaker 1>move the circus, making transporting the circus easier than the

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<v Speaker 1>old horse and wagons that used to be used. That's correct.

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<v Speaker 1>The answer is B. Having circuses travel by train was

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<v Speaker 1>just one way PT revolutionized circuses. The other way is

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<v Speaker 1>by expanding the one ring circus into three rings, which

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<v Speaker 1>is still in use today. Unless you mean circus, which

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<v Speaker 1>everyone knows happens in the middle of Celine Dion's biggest shows.

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<v Speaker 1>We love you, Selene back from the past. Awesome. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone listening at home, remember do not try to fit

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<v Speaker 1>a train in your backpack. We cannot be held responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for any ruined backpacks or smosh trains. Now, before we

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<v Speaker 1>make our own egress, We've got one more backpack from

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<v Speaker 1>the past moment to share. The next game is from

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<v Speaker 1>our episode featuring who was King Tut and who was

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<v Speaker 1>Queen Elizabeth are royally awesome? Contestants Gwen and Lindsay tried

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<v Speaker 1>to decipher the importance behind all the objects we found

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<v Speaker 1>for King Tut. Let's hear it, Gwen, this first object

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<v Speaker 1>is for you, all right, Well, I shouldn't be surprised

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<v Speaker 1>to find this in a backpack. It's paper, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like regular paper. It was rolled into a scroll

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<v Speaker 1>and it's tougher than the paper I use for grocery

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<v Speaker 1>lists and love notes. Glen, what's your guest, what is

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<v Speaker 1>this paper? Yeah? What do you think this paper in

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<v Speaker 1>my backpack from the past could be? It's like that wept. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's papyrus. Yeah, very very similar, although papa paper sounds delicious,

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<v Speaker 1>the recursor to a modern paper that Egyptians developed as

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<v Speaker 1>early as three thousand BC. And now I will pull

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<v Speaker 1>from the backpack another object from ancient Egypt. Okay, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a very long, very thin object with a curved hook

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<v Speaker 1>on the end. Lindsay, what do you think this thing

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<v Speaker 1>is and how does it relate to King Tutt when

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<v Speaker 1>back then, when fair Hose would die, they would take

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<v Speaker 1>a hook, and the genet think their brain was that important,

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<v Speaker 1>so they would go up in the nose and take

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<v Speaker 1>their brain out and then just throw it away. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh, right in the nose, I mean, right on

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<v Speaker 1>the nose. It is a brain hook. And you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>Egyptian priest would remove the brains from den people before

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<v Speaker 1>mommifying because Egyptians didn't really think the brain did so much,

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<v Speaker 1>so we wouldn't need in the afterlights. All right, my

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<v Speaker 1>turn to pull from the backpack. And this one is

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<v Speaker 1>for Gwen. Oh my goodness. It's a big heavy stone

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<v Speaker 1>with a bunch of hieroglyphics on it, along with Greek

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<v Speaker 1>and another language. But I can't tell what this other

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<v Speaker 1>language is, Gwen, what is this big heavy stone? What

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<v Speaker 1>is this? I can't remember the name of a Can

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<v Speaker 1>you tell us? Can you tell us about it? If

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<v Speaker 1>you can't remember the name. There's three languages that those

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<v Speaker 1>great on it. There's that high of graphic and there's

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<v Speaker 1>another one and it's like it took a while for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone to decipher them. But I can't remember the name

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<v Speaker 1>of it. I think we should give this a half

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<v Speaker 1>point partial credit. I think, okay, we're reaching into the

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<v Speaker 1>half point bag. This is a special bag. Wee people

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<v Speaker 1>of half points, and we're gonna give you a half

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<v Speaker 1>credit for that. The name of the stone is the

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<v Speaker 1>Rosetta Stone, but you're right, it has three languages on it,

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<v Speaker 1>and eventually the Frenchman Jean franc Fais Champoon was able

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<v Speaker 1>to decode hieroglyphics by comparing those languages, but it took

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of years for people to realize what those languages

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<v Speaker 1>were together. It took fourteen years of research for Jean

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<v Speaker 1>Frances Champolon to be able to do it. Bonus point alert, Gwen, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this for these are for bonus points. For five bonus points,

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell me what the other language on that

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<v Speaker 1>stone was. This is a tough one. That's why it's

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<v Speaker 1>five points. Demotic. You got it, that's what is. It's demotic.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. That's right. It was demotic. Was this other

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<v Speaker 1>language that was kind of like Greek, not exactly Greek,

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of like hieroglyphics, not exactly hiero glyphics. They

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<v Speaker 1>figured it out. Okay, for another five bonus points. This

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be a double bonus point A lord, lindsay,

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell me which pharaoh the hieroglyphics on the

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<v Speaker 1>Rosetta stone were praising? Who are they talking about? Huh?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say the first woman pharaoh? Pharaoh if only,

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<v Speaker 1>if only, if only the Rosetta stone had had was

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<v Speaker 1>commemorating that landmark. Uh No, it was the pharaoh told me,

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<v Speaker 1>which is you know, a hard named to remember for

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<v Speaker 1>a pharaoh. So that is okay, no problem. That is

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<v Speaker 1>five points for Gwen for her bonus question, and unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>no extra points for Lindsay, but she's doing great already. Anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>The actually, let's see what the last object is in

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<v Speaker 1>this backpack. It's not as heavy, okay. Interesting it's a

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<v Speaker 1>scale and on one side is a feather and on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side it's a human heart. Lindsay, what is this?

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<v Speaker 1>Why would it be in King Tut's backpack? When somebody

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<v Speaker 1>would die, they would they would put like different parts

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<v Speaker 1>of their body in a jar. But I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>this is the answer. But like the end of it,

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<v Speaker 1>they would take the heart yourself. Okay, yeah, you're very close.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to You're right that it has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with when ancient Egyptians would die, when pharaoh's would die.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, I'm going to give you partial credit

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<v Speaker 1>for that one. I'm gonna give you a half point,

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<v Speaker 1>because yes, they would remove their heart and they put

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<v Speaker 1>it in what was called a conoptic jar, a jar

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<v Speaker 1>that would hold the pharaoh's organs so they could use

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<v Speaker 1>them again in the afterlife. We were The scale itself

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<v Speaker 1>is something that would happen in the Egyptian afterlife. They

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<v Speaker 1>thought that when you died, your heart would be weighed

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<v Speaker 1>against a feather, and if the feather weighed more than

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<v Speaker 1>the heart, then you were good and you would cross

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<v Speaker 1>over into the afterlife. And if you're heart weight more

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<v Speaker 1>than the feather, you'd get eaten by a big monster.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll give you half credit for that one, because

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<v Speaker 1>you've got it right. It's about dead Egyptian hearts from

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<v Speaker 1>the beast. Well, that's been our show for today. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a whole lot of knowledge packed into a tiny

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<v Speaker 1>amount of space, much like the backpack from the past itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the support, Geraldine. You're the best cheerleader, elephant

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