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May 2022
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#2: Ancient Advanced Civilizations and W...

Nick Zei
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Open to a new understanding of what has happened with humans over the millions of years we've been around? In this episode, we discuss all of the evidence of advanced civilizations, and that the story of humanity may be very different then we have been told! You can find Phillip on Tiktok and IG with the handle @dastarchild. What a great conversation! 
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