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Great Big Story, How Pogs Became a Thing
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produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2016), 2 mins

You remember POGS. The small, round, cartoon-adorned collectibles that started out as milk bottle caps. In 1991, an elementary school teacher in Hawaii introduced them to her students, thinking it would improve their math skills. As the game grew in popularity, businessman Alan Rypinski purchased the trademark and...

produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2016), 2 mins
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Great Big Story, Dancing Like Warriors
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produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 3 mins
A common misconception about hula is that it's a dance tradition strictly for women. Nope. In ancient Hawai'i, men were the first to dance hula, and the best dancers were even chosen to become warriors. Today, Ke Kai O Kahiki—one of Hawaii's most famous male hula schools — is carrying on this tradition by tell...
produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 3 mins
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