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This episode we discuss the history behind the name "Tar Heel" and where exactly UNC's mascot Rameses came from. 

Sources for today's episode include:

https://alumni.unc.edu/what-is-a-tar-heel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_Heel

https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/06/02/civil-war-origins-of-tar-heel

https://ncpedia.org/tar-heel

https://www.southerncultures.org/article/why-north-carolinians-are-tar-heels-a-new-explanation/

https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/2020/07/15/does-uncs-tar-heels-name-celebrate-confederacy-some-think-its-time-for-change/112257808/

http://www.mrtarheel.com/tarheelorigin.html

https://museum.unc.edu/faqs

https://www.ncpedia.org/name-carolina-and-nicknames-old