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Here Comes The Hamburger
Episode 883
Rerun: Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries - b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sailing Alone Around The World
Episode 882
Captain Joshua Slocum set sail from Nova Scotia in The Spray, his revamped oyster sloop, on 3rd July, 1898: the first solo circumnavigation of the wo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Death of Hypercolor
Episode 881
Generra Sportswear, the Seattle-based company that distributed Hypercolor - the T-shirts that changed colour with heat - and declared bankruptcy on 2…
2 years, 1 month ago
When Sharks ATTACK!
Episode 880
The real-life ‘Shark Week’ that inspired Peter Benchley's novel Jaws kicked off with the shocking mauling of 23 year-old Charles Vansant off the coas…
2 years, 1 month ago
Before There Was 'Crufts'
Episode 878
Rerun: The first modern dog show took place in Newcastle on 28th June, 1859. Essentially a sideshow to the annual exhibition of cattle, it featured j…
2 years, 1 month ago
When Hugh Met Divine
Episode 877
Rerun: It was the sex scandal of the year: British rom-com star Hugh Grant procuring the services of hitherto unknown L.A. streetwalker Divine Brown …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Real Pied Piper
What happened to the 130 children that went missing from the town of Hamlein, Lower Saxony on 26th June, 1284? According to legend, a vindictive ‘Pie…
2 years, 1 month ago
A Flag For Gay Pride
Episode 875
The ‘rainbow flag’ first flew in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza for Gay Pride Day, on June 25th, 1978.
Created by Gilbert Baker, a friend of Har…
2 years, 1 month ago
Edward III's Garter Club
Episode 874
The Order of the Garter, Britain’s highest chivalric order, was established by King Edward III on 24th June, 1348.
Influenced by Arthurian legend and…
2 years, 1 month ago
Let's Triangulate Britain
Episode 872
Rerun: The Ordnance Survey - a government-funded agency created to aid the military in the event of invasion from France - took receipt of a theodoli…
2 years, 1 month ago