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Let's Build The Pentagon
Let's Build The Pentagon

Episode 1244

Construction of the Virginia headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense began on September 11th, 1941 - spookily, the same date it was attacked b…

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France's Last Execution
France's Last Execution

Episode 1243

The guillotine claimed its last victim on 10th September, 1977, when murderer Hamida Djandoubi was executed in Marseille, his grim end marking the cl…

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Laughter, Uncanned
Laughter, Uncanned

Episode 1242

'The Hank McCune Show' - an otherwise unremarkable footnote in American TV history - became the first single-camera sitcom to deploy a pre-recorded l…

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Making Michelangelo's David
Making Michelangelo's David

Episode 1241


Now celebrated as the most famous statue in the world, Michelangelo's David was first unveiled in Florence's Piazza della Signoria on 8th September,…

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Welcome To Bavaria, U.S.A.
Welcome To Bavaria, U.S.A.

Episode 1239

oday, the small town of Leavenworth in Washington is known for its Bavarian-themed hotels, restaurants, shops and festivals, but when it was incorpor…

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The Quiz Show That Won The Jackpot
The Quiz Show That Won The Jackpot

Episode 1238


On 4th September, 1998, the debut episode of the world-conquering game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? aired in the UK. 

Initially titled Cash M…

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Who Invented The Air Fryer?
Who Invented The Air Fryer?

Episode 1237


Fred van der Weij, a Dutch electronics engineer with a craving for healthier chips, spent years tinkering in his garage to create the “frit air” - l…

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Queen Of The Cuban Sea
Queen Of The Cuban Sea

Episode 1236

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad was 64 years old when she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage for prote…

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Why Japan Loves Baseball
Why Japan Loves Baseball

Episode 1235

How come baseball, that most American of games, is even more popular in Japan than in its home country? 

It’s a story with roots into the nineteenth …

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The Last Of His Tribe
The Last Of His Tribe

Ishi, a native American man who was widely acclaimed as the “last wild Indian” emerged from the wilderness on 29th August, 1911.

His arrival came as …

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