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Today: #75 in History on our combined chart.
Today: #137 in History, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #84 in History, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #78 in History, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #162 in History, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #71 in History, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #145 in History, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #59 in History, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #20 in History, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #112 in History, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 21 | #75 | #63 | — | #71 |
| Oct 20 | #77 | #65 | — | #49 |
| Oct 19 | #68 | #56 | #48 | #55 |
| Oct 18 | #69 | #57 | — | #54 |
| Oct 17 | #80 | #70 | — | #68 |
| Oct 16 | #83 | #74 | — | #74 |
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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.