Included in each episode are two quick quiz-like stories, called mini-myths, which air before the commercial breaks.
After the commercial, the answer to the mini-myth is announced and the rest of the programming continues as it previously had.
The show originally aired on the Biography Channel in the US, History Television and Global in Canada and FX in the United Kingdom where it was hosted by Mark Dolan.
It has also aired in Argentina, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Finland, Estonia, The Netherlands, Russia, Hungary and Denmark.
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