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The Surprising History of Post-Its
Episode 1342
3M scientist Spencer Silver created the adhesive that makes Post-It Notes sticky back in 1968 - but it wasn’t until 6th April, 1980 that the statione…
8 hours ago
The First Motorbike
Episode 1340
Gottlieb Daimler's patent for his high-speed petrol engine (dubbed the "Grandfather Clock") on 3rd April, 1885, wasn't just a technological breakthro…
3 days, 8 hours ago
Let's Legalise Pinball
Episode 1339
With a single, deliberate shot, Roger Sharpe played pinball for the council of the New York City Council chamber on 2 April 1976, theatrically overtu…
4 days, 8 hours ago
The Spaghetti Harvest
Episode 1338
One of the most famous hoaxes in broadcasting history aired on the BBC’s revered Panorama programme on April Fools Day, 1957: a segment purporting to…
5 days, 8 hours ago
Riot in the Concert Hall
Episode 1337
It became known as the ‘Skandalkonzert’: an evening of expressionist, experimental pieces at Vienna’s Great Hall of the Musikverein on March 31, 1913…
6 days, 8 hours ago
The First Ever Starbucks
Episode 1336
When Starbucks opened in Pike Place, Seattle, on March 30th, 1971, it was a simple shop selling whole coffee beans, tea, and spices - with no creamy …
1 week ago
Cleopatra ❤️ Caesar
Episode 1334
Julius Caesar intervened to put his lover and ally Cleopatra on the Egyptian throne on 27th March, 47 BC - cementing their position as the world’s pr…
1 week, 3 days ago
The Heaven's Gate 'Ascendancy'
Episode 1333
The mass suicide of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult in San Diego County was discovered on 26th March, 1997. The tragedy came to light after a fo…
1 week, 4 days ago
Flour Power: The Tichborne Dole and the Biddenden Maids
Episode 1332
Each Lady Day, the Hampshire village of Tichborne hands out bags of flour to the locals - a tradition that began on 25th March, 1150 after Lady Marb…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Suffragettes of Sport
Episode 1331
The first international women’s sports event, The Women’s Olympiad, kicked off in Monte Carlo on 24th March, 1921. A hundred athletes from five natio…
1 week, 6 days ago