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How did P. T. Barnum Trick the World into Riding Elevators?
FromPart-Time Genius
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Mar 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Elevators seem pretty mundane, until you realize a certain king used them to hide his mistresses; a certain politician used them to exaggerate the height of his buildings, and all of America refused to ride them until a certain marketing genius (the one and only P. T. Barnum!) designed a stunt to get everyone on board.
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Released:
Mar 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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