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Who Invented The Air Fryer?
Episode 1237
Fred van der Weij, a Dutch electronics engineer with a craving for healthier chips, spent years tinkering in his garage to create the “frit air” - l…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Queen Of The Cuban Sea
Episode 1236
Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad was 64 years old when she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage for prote…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Japan Loves Baseball
Episode 1235
How come baseball, that most American of games, is even more popular in Japan than in its home country?
It’s a story with roots into the nineteenth …
11 months ago
The Last Of His Tribe
Ishi, a native American man who was widely acclaimed as the “last wild Indian” emerged from the wilderness on 29th August, 1911.
His arrival came as …
11 months ago
The First Gay Games
Over 1,300 athletes from 12 countries gathered at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco for the first-ever Gay Games, on 28th August, 1982.
Intended as the…
11 months ago
The 38 Minute War
Episode 1231
The shortest war in history began at 09:02 on 27th August, 1896 - and was over 38 minutes later - when The British Empire, at the peak of its power, …
11 months ago
Colin The Caterpillar - A Cultural Odyssey
Episode 1230
Equally beloved at office boardrooms and toddler birthday parties, Colin the Caterpillar - a £7 swiss roll cake with white and milk chocolate and but…
11 months ago
Beavers on the Moon
Episode 1229
The ‘Great Moon Hoax’ was published by the New York Sun on 25th August, 1835, claiming over six instalments that renowned English astronomer John Her…
11 months, 1 week ago
Leaving Devil's Island
Episode 1227
Established in 1852, Devil’s Island, one of six penal colonies in French Guiana, was finally closed on 22nd August, 1953. Nicknamed the ‘Green Hell’ …
11 months, 1 week ago
Cat Bin Lady, Internet Villain
Episode 1226
CCTV footage captured middle-aged bank worker Mary Bale dropping friendly tabby cat Lola into a Coventry wheelie bin on 21st August, 2010. The video …
11 months, 1 week ago