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Apr 2021
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ELI5 Suez Canal - is the boat still stuc...

ELI5 Explain Like I'm Five Podcast
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Is that boat called the Evergreen or EverGiven? What mistake did Napoleon make when he considered building the Suez Canal? Explain the Suez Crisis and the six day war that closed the Suez Canal for eight years.

 

... We explain like i'm five!

 

Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and also the r/askhistorians community this week, and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: geekington, randomuser1914, internetboyfriend666, sirtoastymuffin, garboyeezus, gracchus__babeuf & wotan_weevil

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