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The Self Service Revolution
The Self Service Revolution

Episode 937

Rerun: Clarence Saunders opened the world’s first self-service supermarket, ‘Piggly Wiggly’, in Memphis, Tennessee on 6th September, 1916.

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Bring On The Beard Tax
Bring On The Beard Tax

Episode 936

Rerun: Peter The Great levied a tax on facial hair on 5th September, 1698, requiring every man in Moscow to shave or stump up some cash - although th…

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The Night The Earls Vanished
The Night The Earls Vanished

Episode 935

When 90 Irish nobles, led by the Earl of Tyrconnell and the Earl of Tyrone, fled for Normandy in the dead of night on 4th September, 1607, their inte…

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Introducing eBay
Introducing eBay

Episode 934

In today’s episode Arion, Rebecca and Olly look into the founding of the massive multinational e-commerce company eBay.


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Australia's Bikie Shootout
Australia's Bikie Shootout

Episode 933

Millperra, a quiet suburb in southwest Sydney, is now best known for a tragic event that took place on 2nd September, 1984: a violent shootout betwee…

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The Moscow-Washington Hotline
The Moscow-Washington Hotline

Episode 931

Rerun: After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets and Americans agreed to install a ‘hot line’ between their Presidents. On 30th August, 1963, a 10,…

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How Netflix Began
How Netflix Began

Episode 930

When Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Reed Hastings and Mark Randolph registered the website that would become Netflix on 29th August, 1997, they named i…

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The Dizzy Leap From Brooklyn Bridge
The Dizzy Leap From Brooklyn Bridge

Episode 929

Larry Donovan made headlines by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge on 28th August, 1886: a daring feat that earned him the name of the ‘Champion Jumper …

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Krakatoa!
Krakatoa!

Episode 927

The awesome, brutal power of the Krakatoa eruption, which had the explosive force of a 200-megatonne bomb, killed more than 36,000 people and cooled …

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Bogie and Bacall Burn Up The Screen
Bogie and Bacall Burn Up The Screen

Episode 926

Rerun: Howard Hawks’ film noir ‘The Big Sleep’ finally hit cinemas on 23rd August, 1946, after extra crowd-pleasing repartee had been inserted, featu…

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