History is long and history classes are short, so what you learn about the movers and shakers of the past are only the highlights. You know, what they did that affected the world of today. But every person has a backstory that doesn't get covered as well, and some of them can be pretty wacky. Chill Dude Explains gives us the details that you would never learn unless you did extra reading outside of class.
I knew most of these stories, because I've been here at Neatorama for 20 years. You may have read them, too, but if you didn't and and you find yourself interested in learning more, you can put any of these names into the search bar at the top right and read about them. Yet there are always more details. Who knew that Abraham Lincoln loved to tell dirty jokes, and that Harriet Tubman suffered from narcolepsy? Neither fact changes their great accomplishments, but you might change your opinion on some of the others in this list.
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