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What is Calculus? (Encore)
Episode 1536
As early as 2400 years ago, Greek philosophers were coming up with paradoxes that seemingly had no solution.
Early mathematicians came up with proble…
2 years, 1 month ago
Black Tuesday and the 1929 Stock Market Crash
Episode 1535
On October 28, 1929, a day known as Black Monday, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its greatest one-day loss in history.
The next day, known as B…
2 years, 1 month ago
The French Origins of English
Episode 1534
The English language is….different.
Unlike other languages, English has borrowed and used words from a wide variety of other languages.
However, no o…
2 years, 1 month ago
Vichy France
Episode 1533
After the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, the French were forced to sign a lopsided armistice that gave control over most of the country to Germany.…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller (Encore)
Episode 1532
In 1961, Michael Rockefeller, an heir to one of the greatest fortunes in the world, disappeared on an art-collecting trip off the coast of the island…
2 years, 1 month ago
Box Office Bombs
Episode 1531
People in the entertainment industry often say that show business is “show business.”
As much as motion pictures are an art form, it is also a busines…
2 years, 1 month ago
Lake Superior
Episode 1530
Located between Canada and the United States is one of the largest bodies of freshwater in the world, Lake Superior.
Lake Superior is the largest an…
2 years, 1 month ago
Counterfeiting
Episode 1529
As soon as money was invented, counterfeiting was invented soon after.
Counterfeiting has been around for as long as money, and as money has changed,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Imperial Units of Measure
Episode 1528
Almost every country in the world uses the metric system…..almost.
There are still a few stragglers, like the United States, who use units handed down…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Last Emperor of China
Episode 1527
In 1908, a two-year-old boy named Puyi was installed as the 11th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China.
His life would prove to be radically different …
2 years, 1 month ago