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Apr 2022
27m 24s

S11E15 - Surprising Origin Stories

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This week on Under The Influence, we tell the surprising origin stories of some famous products and brands. Because sometimes, backstories have backstories.

We’ll tell a surprising tale about Coca Cola and the Civil War. We’ll delve into the bootlegger background of NASCAR.

And we’ll tell the story of how the Lamborghini supercar began with a tractor… and an insult.


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