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Christie's First Auction
Episode 1015
Rerun: James Christie held his first auction on 5th December, 1766 - billed as a sale of “genuine household furniture, jewels, plate, firearms, china…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Earliest Dinosaur 🦕
Episode 1014
A 245 million years old fossil named Nyasasaurus parringtoni was officially determined the earliest known dinosaur on 4th December, 2012; meaning din…
1 year, 8 months ago
Where's Agatha Gone?
Episode 1013
Renowned detective novelist Agatha Christie found herself at the centre of a real-life mystery: when she mysteriously disappeared for 11 days, from 3…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Enron Illusion
Episode 1012
Enron—the seventh-largest company in the U.S.—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 2nd December, 2001, marking the dramatic end of a business empire on…
1 year, 8 months ago
Concorde - The Future of Flight
Episode 1010
Rerun: Supersonic aircraft took a giant leap forward when the French and British governments signed a treaty to join forces on designing Concorde on …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Cabbage Patch Riots
Episode 1009
Rerun: Towards the end of 1983, frenzied parents battled with one another in stores across the US in a desperate bid to buy their children the toy of…
1 year, 8 months ago
Mitzvahpalooza!
Episode 1008
Aerosmith, 50 Cent and Tom Petty starred at 13 year old Elizabeth Brooks’ $10 million bat mitzvah party on 27th November, 2005. The lavish do, at New…
1 year, 8 months ago
The First Frat House
Episode 1007
Arion, Rebecca and Olly recall the founding of The Kappa Alpha Society, the oldest continuously existing college fraternity, established as a literar…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Medieval Titanic
Episode 1006
When The White Ship hit a rock near Barfleur on 25th November, 1120, she sank, killing all 300 noblemen on-board. Among the dead was Henry I’s one le…
1 year, 8 months ago
Star Trek's Interracial Kiss
Episode 1004
Rerun: Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) embraced and kissed on "Plato’s Stepchildren"; an episode of ‘Sta…
1 year, 8 months ago