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Are You A Frequent Flyer?
Episode 1130
In the deregulated skies of the 1980s, airlines needed new ways to make customers feel special. Enter the first major frequent flyer program, America…
1 year, 3 months ago
Land Rover's Rugged Beginnings
Episode 1129
A British motoring icon made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show on 30th April, 1948: the Land Rover. The UK’s first off-road vehicle (that wasn’t …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Swedish Meatballs Controversy
Episode 1128
Where are meatballs from, and why does it matter? Social media users frenziedly grappled with these very questions on 29th April, 2018, when Sweden’s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mutiny On The Bounty
Episode 1127
History’s most famous mutiny kicked off on 28th April, 1789, when Captain William Bligh was ousted from his ship by his former friend, Fletcher Chris…
1 year, 3 months ago
Lisztomania!
Episode 1125
he German poet and journalist Heinrich Heine coined the term “Lisztomania” on 25th April 1844 to describe the phenomenon of frenzied fandom in Europe…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Last Ming Emperor
Episode 1124
On 24th April 1644, the Chongzhen Emperor walked to Meishan, a small hill in present-day Jingshan Park and hanged himself on a tree, bringing a sudde…
1 year, 3 months ago
The 'New Coke' Debacle
Episode 1123
Coca-Cola was approaching its 100th birthday on 23rd April, 1985, when it unveiled a new beverage at New York City's Lincoln Center: the ‘smoother, r…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Man Who Cycled The World
Episode 1122
Riding a Penny Farthing bicycle from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Yokohama, Japan, Thomas Stevens began his epic two-and-a-half year journey around…
1 year, 3 months ago
Game Boy: Game Changer
Episode 1121
Costing just 12,500 yen, Nintendo's revolutionary handheld console, the Game Boy, was released in Japan on 21st April, 1989, quickly selling out its …
1 year, 3 months ago
It's Superman!
Episode 1119
Action Comics #1, published on April 18th, 1938, featured the first ever appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s iconic superhero, Superman.
The…
1 year, 3 months ago