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QVC's First Day
Episode 701
The ‘Windsor Shower Companion’ ($11.49) was the first product sold on home shopping network QVC, which made its debut on 24th November, 1986, quickly…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Tamagotchi Effect
Episode 700
With cutesy graphics and a female-focussed origin story, Tamagotchi was positioned as a ‘nurturing toy’ for Japanese girls when Bandai launched the b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Fall of the Knights Templar
Episode 699
Pope Clement V ordered the arrest of all Knights Templar and seizure of their properties on 22nd November, 1307: a day that sealed the fate of the on…
2 years, 1 month ago
The First Hanukkah
Episode 698
When the Maccabees celebrated the recapture of Jerusalem from the Macedonian emperor Antiochus IV, they lit a menorah in the city's holy temple. The …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Real Moby Dick
Episode 697
The ill-fated whale-ship The Essex, was rammed by an 85-foot sperm whale on 20th November, 1820. The incident inspired Herman Melville’s sea-faring n…
2 years, 1 month ago
Turn To Page 3
Episode 695
Rupert Murdoch, controversial owner of The Sun, launched "The Birthday Suit Girl", a topless photo feature, on 17th November, 1970. Within a year, th…
2 years, 2 months ago
When Space Mountain Saved EuroDisney
Episode 694
Rerun. Disneyland Paris, now Europe’s most popular theme park, initially haemorrhaged money - at a rate of around $1 million per day. But, after thre…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Queen's Soviet Spy
Episode 693
Sir Anthony Blunt, esteemed art historian and a favourite of the Royal family, was publicly revealed as a Soviet spy on 15th November, 1979, when Pri…
2 years, 2 months ago
Let's Go On Strike
Episode 692
Workers involved in tomb construction in the Valley of the Kings staged the earliest recorded strike in history on 14th November, 1157 B.C. Having no…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hypnosis Goes Legit
Episode 691
In this episode we uncover the incredible story of Scottish surgeon James Braid, who entered the Manchester Athenaeum on 13th November, 1841 as a ske…
2 years, 2 months ago