America: Facts vs. Fiction

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Fool's Gold
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Little-known but true facts are revealed about the California Gold Rush and the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
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Last Man Standing
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The truth behind Davy Crockett's death at the Alamo in 1836; Army officer George Armstrong Custer faces a dilemma he cannot win at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
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Lost at Sea
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The truth about what pirates really did with their treasure; strange disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle are explained.
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Booze and Bullets
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Surprising truths about Prohibition and infamous figures of the Roaring Twenties and 1930s, including gangster John Dillinger and outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde.
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Patton and Grant
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The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. Learn that George Patton's nickname 'Blood and Guts' doesn't mean what you might think and that Ulysses S. Grant's reputation as a drunk and a butcher is undeserved.
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Red, White and True?
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Myths and misconceptions surround our most revered patriotic symbols. Learn how the Statue of Liberty was originally intended to stand in Egypt, how the American Flag wasn't designed by Betsy Ross, and that Mount Rushmore is actually uncompleted.
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Wartime Rosies
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The truth about women during World War II goes way beyond Rosie in the Riveter.
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Masters of Illusion
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What we think we know about America's showmen is more myth, than fact. Harry Houdini didn't die escaping from his famous torture cell - and how P.T. Barnum doubled his profits by creating doubt about the authenticity of his own exhibits.
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Seeing isn't Believing
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Developing a deeper story based on photos and footage from the Civil War, Great Depression, and World War 2.
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What Happens in Vegas...
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Myths obscure the truth about Las Vegas. In this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, learn that gambling wasn’t the first enterprise to pour billions into Nevada’s economy - and that Hoover Dam’s concrete hasn’t finished hardening.
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Conquering the Sky
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Pioneering aviators; the myths about the Wright Brothers' airplane; the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
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Engineering the Impossible
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Uncovering great feats of engineering that are clouded by myth.

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