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The Never Ending Voyager Missions
Episode 1894
In 1977, NASA took advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the planets to send two probes to the outermost reaches of the solar system.
They …
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Leonardo da Vinci
Episode 1893
On April 15, 1452, a child was born, the illegitimate son of a peasant woman and a local notary in the village of Vinci, which was then part of the R…
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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Episode 1892
On October 13, 1972, a fight transporting a Uruguayan rugby club crashed into the Andes Mountains.
For the following 72 days, survivors of the crash…
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The Long Telegram
Episode 1891
On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable to the State Department…
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Six Degrees of Separation
Episode 1890
You may have noticed, on occasion, that friends you have from totally different parts of your life sometimes know each other.
It often comes as a su…
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The Germ Theory of Disease (Encore)
Episode 1889
For thousands of years, many theories have been put forward as to the cause of communicable diseases.
These theories ranged from the religious to th…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Hitler's Family
Episode 1886
Adolf Hitler was unquestionably one of the evil people, not just of the 20th century, but in all of history.
His very name has become a metaphor for…
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke (Encore)
Episode 1887
In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh established an English colony on an island in what is today the state of North Carolina.
After a slow start, over 100 peo…
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Ivory Coast /Côte d'Ivoire
Episode 1886
The Ivory Coast, or as it is officially known, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on West Africa’s southern coast. It is a small nat…
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Names of Animal Groups
Episode 1885
The English language is weird.
We have words that are spelled the same but sound different. We have words that are spelled differently but sound the…
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