How did P. T. Barnum Trick the World into Riding Elevators?
Part-Time Genius
English - March 30, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Elevators seem pretty mundane, until you realize a certain king used them to hide his mistresses; a certain politician used them to exaggerate the height of his buildings, and all of America refused to ride them until a certain marketing genius (the one and only P. T. Barnum!) designed a stunt to get everyone on board.
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