10 Things You Don't Know About
10 Things You Don't Know About

10 Things You Don't Know About

2012 3 Seasons 26 Episodes ⭐ 5.9 Documentary

Did you know that President John F. Kennedy was a bodybuilder, Roman ruler Caligula loved to gamble and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar burned millions in cash to keep warm? The series 10 Things You Don't Know About reveals intriguing and provocative details about some of history’s most fascinating individuals and groups. Tune in to explore the lives of historical figures ranging from Abraham Lincoln to the members of the Rat Pack, discovering what your textbooks never told you.

Did you know that President John F. Kennedy was a bodybuilder, Roman ruler Caligula loved to gamble and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar burned millions in cash to keep warm? The series 10 Things You Don't Know About reveals intriguing and provocative details about some of history’s most fascinating individuals and groups. Tune in to explore the lives of historical figures ranging from Abraham Lincoln to the members of the Rat Pack, discovering what your textbooks never told you.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father--but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was

EP 2

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the steady hand of leadership during the Civil War, only to be gunned down in his prime at Ford's Th

EP 3

John F. Kennedy

JFK brought Camelot to Washington and forever cemented the Kennedy name in the political sphere. But he was also a couri

EP 4

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America's most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and histori

EP 5

The OK Corral

The OK Corral was the site of the world's most famous Wild West gunfight. But the shootout didn't actually happen at the

EP 6

The Roosevelts

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were Washington's first couple with a New Deal. But historian and author David Eisenbach

EP 7

The Mormons

Mormons built a politically powerful religion based on family, faith and clean living. But they also built Las Vegas, th

EP 8

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar was Colombia's king of cocaine, a man his own government was afraid to touch. But he also violated the dea

EP 9

General George Patton

George S. Patton was WWII's greatest combat general. His armored troops rolled to stunning and important victories in No

EP 10

Caligula

Caligula was a notoriously sadistic Roman Emperor with a wanton disregard for life. Roman citizens, even those with mone

EP 11

Adolf Hitler

Adolph Hitler was history's most notorious anti-Semite, so hell-bent on world domination that his Nazi war machine infli

EP 12

The Rat Pack

They were the bad boys of popular music in the 1960's. But contrary to the usual stories, Frank Sinatra had nothing to d

EP 1

Presidential Assassinations

Four American Presidents have lost their lives to some of the most notorious madmen in all of history. But Henry Rollins

EP 2

The White House

The White House might be the most recognizable home in the entire world. But as a Washington, D.C. native, Henry Rollins

EP 3

Founding Fathers

You can find images of the Founding Fathers pretty much anywhere–monuments, paintings, even your money. But Henry Roll

EP 4

Prohibition

Prohibition was one of the most outlandish, and most influential periods in all of American history–and Henry Rollins

EP 1

The Flag

The American Flag is one of the most familiar symbols in the world. Many have sung the National Anthem, pledged allegian

EP 2

Texas

Texas--there's no state in America like it. Big. Brash. Bold. But Henry's trek through the Lone Star State will complete

EP 3

Civil Rights

Henry cracks open the books on one of America's most defining chapters--the Civil Rights movement. On a road not often t

EP 4

Edison vs. Tesla

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are two of the most famous minds in American History... yet their lives and work are fill

EP 5

American Revolution

We all know how the 13 Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the USA, but this bloody conflict brims with in

EP 6

The Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam is an iconic American landmark, yet within its massive walls lie tales long buried. From harrowing accoun

EP 7

Marijuana

Marijuana's plant roots run deep in America and Henry digs up its long and complicated history; from its strange origins

EP 8

The Almighty Dollar

Whether it's in your pocket, in your bank account, or stuffed under your mattress, what most people don't know about the

EP 9

Las Vegas

Though it's often defined by gambling, mobsters, and broken dreams, Las Vegas has a background far more diverse--from th

EP 10

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in American History--with hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers eager to

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Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
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