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Nov 2018
39m 46s

Were Ninjas Actually Good at Hiding?

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Will and Mango dust off some ninja history and discover some pretty strange facts... like: Why did so many ninjas walk around with crickets? Why did they like to keep pocket change on them? And what does it mean when a ninja sends you a packet of dried fish?

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