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The Cabbage Patch Riots
Episode 404
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 the mo…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Boy on the Raft
Episode 403
Elián González was just five years old when he was found clinging to an inner tube off the coast of Florida on 25th November, 1999. His mother, step-…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Lucy Fossil
Episode 402
Rerun. It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of ‘the Lucy Fossil’ - a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Meet The Jukebox
Episode 401
The ‘Nickel In The Slot Player’ - the world’s first jukebox - made its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon bar in San Francisco on 23rd November, 1889.…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bye Bye Blackbeard
Episode 400
History’s most notorious pirate, Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach, was killed and decapitated by lieutenant Robert Maynard, who besieged Blackbeard’s boats …
3 years, 1 month ago
Let's Revolve A Restaurant
Episode 399
La Ronde, the USA’s first revolving restaurant, opened on 21st November, 1961, at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. On the menu in the 298ft-tall tow…
3 years, 1 month ago
How Star Wars Changed Movie Trailers
Episode 397
The official trailer for ‘The Phantom Menace’ was uploaded to the Star Wars website on 18th November, 1998 - a reaction to the franchise’s rabid fans…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Last Sultan
Episode 396
Rerun. Mehmet VI stepped on to a British warship to seek refuge in Malta on 17th November, 1922 - thereby becoming the last Sultan of the Ottoman Emp…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ivan vs Ivan
Episode 395
Why did Ivan The Terrible kill his son, Ivan? Ever since the day he supposedly brought a sceptre crashing down upon his head - 16th November, 1581 - …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Best A Man Can Get?
Episode 394
King C. Gillette was granted a US patent for a “safety razor” on November 15th, 1904 - kickstarting both the disposable grooming industry, and the no…
3 years, 2 months ago