The old fairy tales we all grew up with have both an amazing and super strange history behind them. In this episode of Adventures In History podcast, we dive deep into the history of the fairy tales we all grew up with. After this episode, you won't look at those stories the same way again!Make sure you check us out on our Instagram page: @kids.history.adventures

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In this episode, we're talking about the life of Tony Sarg. Tony first started as a puppeteer in New York City. He’s career eventually evolved to creating incredible helium filled animal balloons still used in the Macy’s parade to this day. We’re going to be talking about a guy with this really strange obsession for tiny toys, how he potentially stole secrets, and how he got involved with actual live roaring animals at a parade, and he ends up coming up with one of the wildest fake hoaxes in history.

The beautiful purple color has one of the most disgusting histories of all the colors in your crayon box. In this episode of the Adventures In History podcast, we dive deep into the ancient roots of this color. We promise that after this episode, you will never look at your purple crayon the same way again!