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Back to SearchThe History of Tattoos
Episode 1142
We are all familiar with tattoos. All of you have at least seen someone with one, most of you know someone with one, and many of you have at least on…
2 years, 8 months ago
The.Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Episode 1141
Many places on Earth have extreme climates. However, there is one place on Earth that has a climate so extreme that it is the closest thing to it mig…
2 years, 8 months ago
Otto Rahn: The Real-Life Indiana Jones Villain (Encore)
Episode 1140
In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers while some other nefarious archeologist, usually a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Gladiators
Episode 1139
You’ve probably seen a movie or a TV show that took place in ancient Rome where gladiators fought in the coliseum or an amphitheater. At the end of t…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Silk Road
Episode 1135
Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years.
Th…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Queen of Sheba (Encore)
Episode 1137
All three of the holy books from great monotheistic faiths share a similar story about a Queen from a land in the south who traveled to Jerusalem to …
2 years, 8 months ago
Antimatter
Episode 1136
It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin.
When it was first proposed, it was actually done as a joke. However, decades later, …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Kingdom of Tonga
Episode 1135
Located in the South Pacific, squarely within the Polynesian Triangle, lies the Kingdom of Tonga.
While there are many islands and several countries …
2 years, 8 months ago
Project Orion
Episode 1134
In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive…
2 years, 8 months ago
Prester John (Encore)
Episode 1129
In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come to join with European Chri…
2 years, 8 months ago