After John Muir kicked the Awahnechee people out of Yosemite to create what he thought was "pristine nature", the Park became more prone to rare but extreme wildfires.
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For as long as video games have existed, they've sent American parents into a frenzy of fear. However, there's no evidence linking video games to violent crime.
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When Soviet propaganda started to make America seem racist during the Cold War, America went from a country that despised Asians to one that held them up as a shining example of assimilation to gain them as allies.
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The 1980s saw a spike in bacon sales when the National Pork Board teamed up with the fast food industry to turn bacon into a pop culture phenomena.
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When the US and Mexican governments started cracking down on the drug trade, drug cartels diversified their strategy to make money extorting avocado farmers.
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In Adam Ruins Everything, host and investigative comedian Adam Conover embarks on a comically inventive yet unrelentingly serious quest to reveal the hidden truths behind everything you know and love. Tackling topics ranging from the workplace and voting to forensic science and security, he gives you not just fun facts to share with your friends, but information that will make you see the world in a whole new way. If knowledge is power, then Adam Conover will have you laughing all the way to the top.
