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republican elephants Don't tell the democratic elephants just get jealous

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of elephants Have a long memory following passage american and

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you're all right Which source is best for finding out

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more information about the origins of the political parties symbols

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source And here the potential answers chapter history move Alright

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well now it's Time to play Which sources the most

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credible Well if we turn this into a tv game

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show will have to come up with a snap Your

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title we know choice b tells us that the magazine

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articles are the best sources but we have to disagree

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Sure articles in magazines sometimes contain reliable information but sometimes

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they also claim that angelina jolie is secretly in alien

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on all they can totally trusted option d must be

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joking When was the last time anybody considered a politician

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to be a reliable source on anything No i said

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dorsey says we can rely on a history web site

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Sometimes this is true but sometimes it's hard to know

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who's posting the information it might be from a legit

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historian Or it might be from a revisionist with an

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agenda like somebody who claims that aliens taught the egyptians

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to build pyramids That's True we wonder where angelina fits

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in All right we're putting our money on choice A

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history books are written by history scholars and then reviewed

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and edited by maur History scholars though they're usually the

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most reliable Historians aren't exactly known for being wild cards 00:01:44.001 --> [endTime] like that

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