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"Why did Hitler never invade Switzerland during World War II? Was it the Swiss deterrence, or something else? I went searching for answers." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/glbt8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"We were taught to view the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a racist stain in the country’s history ... but was there any justification to support it?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/f1FsE FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Her refusal to give up a bus seat for a white man lit the fire of the American Civil Rights movement. But today, a good number of people say Rosa Parks was recruited for a publicity stunt. So what actually happened?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/9HvBw FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Did America’s founders commit biological warfare against the Native Americans? I went looking for the truth behind the famous story and found something stranger." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/XMxq8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Growing up, we were taught that he was a villain of U.S. history, and today, McCarthy's name is an American swear word. But in recent years, some have argued he was more right than anyone gave him credit for. So, was he?"  -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/xChGe FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"In 1980, the median American home sold for $64,600. Today, that number's about $440,000. Why are homes so expensive? And is the system rigged against young people trying to buy their first one?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/fhecZ FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Koko was the most famous gorilla in the world because she talked. She also mourned her kitten and cried when her friend Robin Williams died. But was it real?"-- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/46nLB FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"A kid today is nearly five times more likely to be diagnosed autistic than a kid 25 years ago ... What’s really going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/lpy6K FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Why do tens of thousands of people pay good money to play, and sometimes suffer, deep in the desert?  I have some firsthand answers." – Ken FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"For a while, ISIS was the biggest story on Earth, but almost overnight they seemed to disappear. What happened?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/roHF9 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"Ask most people and they'll tell you it's the thing that gives smokers cancer. Ask some others and they’ll tell you they use it on purpose. So is nicotine good for you or not?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/6w9Vj FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"They're not getting Hollywood-style briefcases full of cash. That's actually pretty darn rare. The real story isn’t quite as exciting … and YOU can decide about the ethics of it." – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/658nQ ► "Americans in Prison" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLECjw99F8s  FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"India is missing from the world’s elite athletes. But why?"  – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/3nOR9 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"In the United States, the Black murder rate isn't just marginally higher than the rest of the country … it’s seven times higher than Whites and well above every other ethnic group they track." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/GRxEr ► Video:  Why do Black athletes dominate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrvCsdEA-v8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]

"I'd barely heard of data centers a year or two. Now they're the center of political rage across the country and world. What's going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/8cWbg FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  [email protected]