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10 Things You Don't Know About

In 10 Things You Don't Know About, punk rock icon Henry Rollins uncovers crazy twists and tidbits behind the historical tales, figures, and places you only thought you knew.
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  1. S1 E1 - Benjamin Franklin
    February 26, 2012
    22min
    13+
    Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father--but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was a suspected serial killer. In this episode of our new series, maverick historian David Eisenbach uncovers little-known details.
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  2. S1 E2 - Abraham Lincoln
    February 26, 2012
    22min
    13+
    Abraham Lincoln was the steady hand of leadership during the Civil War, only to be gunned down in his prime at Ford's Theater. Outspoken historian David Eisenbach delves into Lincoln's private life and reveals that the Great Emancipator was a racist.
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  3. S1 E3 - John F. Kennedy
    March 4, 2012
    22min
    13+
    JFK brought Camelot to Washington and forever cemented the Kennedy name in the political sphere. But he was also a courier in Nazi Germany, a body builder and was seriously addicted to danger.
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  4. S1 E4 - J. Edgar Hoover
    March 4, 2012
    22min
    13+
    J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America's most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and historian David Eisenbach digs into Hoover's buried secrets to reveal that Hoover was also a neighborhood peeping tom, a sexual blackmailer.
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  5. S1 E5 - The OK Corral
    March 11, 2012
    21min
    13+
    The OK Corral was the site of the world's most famous Wild West gunfight. But the shootout didn't actually happen at the OK Corral, Wyatt Earp was more of a pimp than a lawman, and Doc Holliday didn't die with his boots on.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Roosevelts
    March 18, 2012
    21min
    13+
    Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were Washington's first couple with a New Deal. But historian and author David Eisenbach reveals that the Roosevelts' marriage was a political arrangement of epic proportions.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Mormons
    March 25, 2012
    22min
    13+
    Mormons built a politically powerful religion based on family, faith and clean living. But they also built Las Vegas, they owned brothels, and they copied some of their rituals from the Freemasons.
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  8. S1 E8 - Pablo Escobar
    April 1, 2012
    22min
    13+
    Pablo Escobar was Colombia's king of cocaine, a man his own government was afraid to touch. But he also violated the dead, set fire to millions in cash to keep warm and actually helped the US hunt down Osama Bin Laden.
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  9. S1 E9 - George Patton
    April 8, 2012
    22min
    13+
    George S. Patton was WWII's greatest combat general. His armored troops rolled to stunning and important victories in North Africa and Europe. But Patton suffered from dyslexia, he never wore those pearl-handled pistols.
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  10. S1 E10 - Caligula
    April 15, 2012
    22min
    TV-14
    Caligula was a notoriously sadistic Roman Emperor with a wanton disregard for life. Roman citizens, even those with money and power of their own, lived in fear of Caligula's cruelty.
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  11. S1 E11 - Adolf Hitler
    April 29, 2012
    22min
    TV-14
    Adolph Hitler was history's most notorious anti-Semite, so hell-bent on world domination that his Nazi war machine inflicted death and destruction on millions of innocent victims. Historian David Eisenbach reveals that Hitler had been homeless.
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  12. S1 E12 - The Rat Pack
    May 6, 2012
    22min
    TV-14
    They were the bad boys of popular music in the 1960's. But contrary to the usual stories, Frank Sinatra had nothing to do with starting the Rat Pack, Dean Martin was never really drunk to begin with, and Judy Garland wanted Sinatra so badly she stalked him.
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usefoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
None available
Directors
Mark Cole
Producers
Jonathan KochSteven MichaelsJohnathan WaltonAlex Piper
Cast
David Eisenbach
Studio
A+E Networks
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