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Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: Selects: Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?
Description: Anyone who knows anything about Jean-Claude Van Damme knows he played a French legionnaire in the movies. He was just one of many actors to star in films that romanticized this mercenary force. Check out the details in this classic episode with Josh and Chuck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.