How the U.S. Government Lost the Smithsonian Fortune - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

In 1829, an English scientist named James Smithson died and left his sizable gold fortune to the U.S. government to create an educational institution. They instead invested in Arkansas and Michigan...

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