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Welcome to What You Didn't Hear, the podcast

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where history finally admits it left some stuff

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out. You know, the weird parts, the awkward parts,

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the we're just not going to talk about that in

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class parts. Every episode we crack open the

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calendar, pick a date, and dig through history

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to find what actually happened. Not just the

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big historic moments, but the odd, uncomfortable,

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and occasionally unhinged things that somehow

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shaped the world. And today's date is January

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14th. So if you like your history a little less

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polished, a little more chaotic, and told by

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someone who fully believes that the past was

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just as confused as we are now, congratulations,

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you're in the right place. I'm Zane Gould, and

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this is What You Didn't Hear on January 14th.

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January 14th marks the date that the US officially

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ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially ending

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the Revolutionary War in 1784. While this is

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a significant historic event, let's rewind way

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back and work forward with the lesser known events

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that took place on this same day. Starting today,

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in the year 1129, the council of troyes in france

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officially and formally recognized the poor fellow

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-soldiers of christ and of the temple of solomon

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more commonly known as the knights templar their

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endorsement from the catholic church would make

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the support of their organization a pious act

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which greatly contributed to their membership

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numbers and finances non -combatant members which

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made up around ninety per cent of the knights

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templar developed innovative financial techniques

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to help finance the Templars, which were the

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early form of banking in the West. The Templars

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maintained their power and presence in the Crusades

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for a little over two centuries, being one of

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the most skilled fighting units in the Crusades.

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However, in the 1300s, support for them declined

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due to their failure to maintain control over

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the Holy Land. In 1307, King Philip IV of France

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had many of the order's members in France arrested.

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They were tortured into giving false confessions

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and then burned at the stake for fabricated crimes.

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In 1312, Pope Clement V disbanded the order.

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Many of their assets and land holdings were dissolved

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or absorbed by other religious combatant orders.

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This is definitely worthy of a deep dive episode,

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so I will add it to my list. Now let's scoot

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forward a couple hundred years to 1501, when

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Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt

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on January 14th at the age of 17. Martin Luther

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would be ordained into the priesthood in 1507,

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and would come to reject several teachings of

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the Roman Catholic Church, to include the papal

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authority and the church's views on indulgences.

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Luther was the frontrunner for the Protestant

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Reformation, and authored the Ninety -Five Thesis

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in 1517. In 1520, Pope Leo X demanded that he

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renounce all of his writings, however Martin

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Luther refused and was excommunicated by the

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Church. He was later condemned as an outlaw by

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Emperor Charles V. Additionally, he is accredited

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with translating the Bible from Latin to German,

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making it far more accessible to common people

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so that they could read the word themselves,

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and not rely on priests to tell them what the

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Bible said. Martin Luther taught that justification

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is not earned by human acts, intents or merit,

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but rather it is received only as a free gift

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of God's grace through the believer's faith.

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His theology challenged the authority of the

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papacy and the bishops of the Roman Catholic

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Church. In his later writings, such as On the

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Jews and Their Lies, Luther expressed strongly

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anti -Semitic views, called for the expulsion

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of Jews and the burning of synagogues. These

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later works also targeted Roman Catholics. While

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he did not directly advocate for the murder of

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Jews, his writings and rhetoric encouraged widespread

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anti -Semitism in Germany and the eventual emergence

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of the Nazi Party. Almost all of the anti -Jewish

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literature written by the Nazi Party references

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quotes from Martin Luther. On the 18th of February

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in 1546, Martin Luther would succumb to a growing

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list of health issues at the age of 62. Pushing

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into the following century, the Dutch East India

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Company conquers the city of Malacca, killing

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7 ,000 inhabitants in the process. This would

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mark the end of Portuguese power in the region

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northwest of modern -day Singapore in Malaysia.

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Greater architecture constructed by the Dutch

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during their 180 -year rule of Malacca still

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stands to this day. The red stadthus, which is

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the governor's residence, and Christ Church.

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In 1690, the clarinet is invented in Nuremberg,

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Germany. So you can now blame the Germans for

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that awful squeaking sound we all have to listen

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to in band when we're just trying to enjoy the

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sound of an even mediocre saxophone player. I

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joke, I joke. Now, slipping away from Germany,

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in 1724, Spanish King Philip V abdicates his

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throne in favor of his 17 -year -old son, Louis.

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However, that same year in September, King Philip

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returns to the throne after Louis dies of smallpox.

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Roughly 40 years later, the Third Battle of Panapat

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is won by the Afghani -Durrani Empire. The mostly

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Muslim army defeated the Hindu army of Maratha

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in northern India. An estimated 70 ,000 are killed

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in the fighting, and around 40 ,000 Maratha prisoners

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are massacred in the aftermath. Less war, more

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music. In 1785, on the 14th of January, Wolfgang

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Mozart completes his string quartet No. 19 in

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C, the Dissonance Quartet. It was the last of

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six quartets dedicated to Joseph Hayden. As a

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bonus, there were no clarinets, so give it a

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listen. But now, more war. In 1799, the U .S.

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government secured a contract to produce 10 ,000

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of Eli Whitney's muskets. It took nearly a decade

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for the contract to be completed, and spurred

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the development of the American system of mass

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production and interchangeable parts. Side note,

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Eli Whitney was also the inventor of the cotton

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gin. In 1858, French Emperor Napoleon III escapes

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an attempt on his life by Felis Orsini, an Italian

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patriot who was later captured and executed for

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the assassination attempt. Exactly two decades

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later, in 1878, the U .S. Supreme Court rules

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that racial segregation on trains is unconstitutional.

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In exploration history, Cerro Aconcagua, a mountain

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in Argentina standing at 22 ,834 feet in elevation,

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is first summited by a European expedition led

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by British mountaineer Edward Fitzgerald. The

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Andes are filled with incredible mountains, and

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there are plenty of documentaries of people climbing

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in the Andes. All are worth watching. My personal

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favorite would be 180 Degrees South, an incredible

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tale of adventure and exploration. But no mountaineering

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documentary rabbit hole is complete without watching

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14 Peaks and Maroo. Remaining in exploration

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history, in 1911, Rold Amundsen's South Pole

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Expedition from Norway reaches the Ross Ice Shelf

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in Antarctica. On the 14th of December in 1911,

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Rold's Expedition would be the first to ever

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reach the geographical South Pole, five weeks

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ahead of the British party led by Robert Falcon

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Scott from the Terra Nova Expedition. About a

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year after safely returning to their base, his

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party was informed that Scott and his four other

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party members perished on their return journey

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from the South Pole. In 1918, the USSR and Finland

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adopt the Gregorian calendar as their new standard.

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In the Middle East, the Iraq Mediterranean oil

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pipeline goes into use for the first time in

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1935. The pipeline was constructed by Iraq Oil

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Company and was 10 to 12 inches in diameter.

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It ran from northern central Iraq through Jordan

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and then through Israel, ending in Haifa, where

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the oil could be loaded onto ships in the Mediterranean.

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During World War II in 1943, FDR travels from

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Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston

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Churchill, becoming the first sitting U .S. President

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to travel overseas by airplane. The purpose of

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his trip was to attend the Casablanca Conference.

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Back in music history, on January 14th in 1956,

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American rock star Little Richard releases the

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single Tutti Frutti. And music history adjacent,

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Elvis Presley is promoted to sergeant in the

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U .S. Army on this day in 1960. Only months later,

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Elvis is honorably discharged from the 3rd Armor

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Division and would serve four additional years

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in the Army Reserve. And for now, we'll just

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sit in music history. In 1966, David Bowie releases

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his first single, Can't Help Thinking About Me.

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The following year, Sonny and Cher release the

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single, The Beat Goes On. In 1972, Margaret II

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becomes the first queen of Denmark since 1412.

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U .S. President Bill Clinton approves a $20 billion

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U .S. dollar aid package for Mexico in 1995.

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Mexico, in an effort to secure U .S. congressional

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approval of loan guarantees, pledged the profits

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made by the state -owned Pamex Oil Revenues.

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Pamex's average annual revenue at the time was

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$7 billion per year. The overall aid package

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included $50 billion, 20 of which came directly

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from the United States. Its purpose was to combat

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the peso crisis, stabilize Mexico's economy,

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and allow the Mexican government to repay debts

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early and prevent broader economic instability.

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Mexico repaid their debt to the United States

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ahead of the initial agreement in 1997, including

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$580 million in interest. And this is where we'll

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end the main segment of What You Didn't Hear

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on January 14th. And now it's time for Blind

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Date Through Time, the only dating show where

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the contestant, you, goes back through history

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to find an unexpected and timeless connection.

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Here is this month's mystery dating profile.

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Wherever freedom is needed. Occupation. Organizer.

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Idealist. Occasional monk. Relationship status.

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Complicated by empires. Bio. I travel light,

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speak in code, and believe loyalty is the rarest

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currency. I'm building something quietly. No

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banners, no crowds. Just trust passed hand to

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hand. If you're looking for flashy promises,

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I'm not your guy. If you believe real change

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happens in the shadows before it ever sees daylight,

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we might get along. Hobbies and interests. Long

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walks through unfamiliar towns. Secret meetings

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that look like casual conversations. Writing

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letters that must never fall into the wrong hands.

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Philosophy, ethics, and imagining a better future.

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Disappearing before anyone asks too many questions.

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What I'm looking for. Someone brave, patient,

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and principled. You don't need to agree with

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me on everything, but you need to believe that

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freedom is worth sacrifice. Absolute honesty

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is non -negotiable. So is discretion. Green flags.

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You keep your word. You don't panic under pressure.

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You believe all people deserve dignity. You understand

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why some names shouldn't be spoken out loud.

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Red flags. You work for the authorities. You

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ask too many questions too quickly. You confuse

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power with virtue. Two truths and a lie. I've

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lived under multiple identities. I believe the

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future should belong to everyone. I enjoy a quiet,

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predictable life. Which two are truths and which

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one's a lie? A quote from this month's historical

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mystery dating profile. If I win, I win for the

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whole nation. If I lose, I lose only myself.

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Do you know who this month's mystery dating profile

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is? And that's where we'll leave it for today.

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History has a funny way of hiding its best stories

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in the footnotes, the margins, and the things

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nobody bothered to mention. But that's exactly

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what What You Didn't Hear is here for. If you

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enjoyed this episode, do me a favor, share it

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with a friend, a history nerd, or that one person

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school. Word of mouth is how this show grows,

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find me. Thanks so much for spending part of

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your day with me. I really appreciate you being

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here. Until next time, keep questioning the calendar,

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because there's always more history that you

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didn't hear. Drop it down Make it shake