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Bonus Episode: History Daily - The First Reported Case of the Spanish Flu

Here’s an episode of a show we think you’ll love. It’s History Daily which tells the fascinating stories of what happened “on this day” in history. New episodes come out every weekday. In this episode, it’s March 11, 1918. A US army cook becomes the first person diagnosed with th ...  Show more

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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about bark beetles, ambipolar fields, and gray hairs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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