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Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad
29 August 2026

Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad

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The 1920s were just absolutely nuts. People got into weird fads really intensely and one of the strangest of all was flagpole sitting. It’s just what it sounds like – sitting on top of a flagpole for as long as you can. One man sat above them all. Learn all about him and many of these wild fads in this classic episode.

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