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Human Life Expectancy
Episode 1285
Everyone, I have some good news and some bad news.
The bad news is that you and everyone else listening to me right now are mortal.
As of the recordi…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Last of the Romanovs (Encore)
Episode 1284
For over 300 years, the Romanov family ruled over the Russian Empire.
After the Communist Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne, and he a…
2 years, 2 months ago
LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes
Episode 1283
One of the most important inventions in human history was artificial lighting.
With the electric lightbulb, the night could be illuminated, allowing p…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Maginot Line
Episode 1282
After the First World War in France, many generals thought that the end of the war was really just a pause before another war began. They wanted to m…
2 years, 2 months ago
Everything You Need to Know About Petroleum (Encore)
Episode 1281
Thousands of years ago, humans discovered a black-yellowish liquid that come out from the ground and could burn when it was set on fire.
Today, the f…
2 years, 2 months ago
Trial By Combat (Encore)
Episode 1280
In the TV series Game of Thrones, there were four different seasons where disputes were determined with trial by combat.
As fictional as the Game of …
2 years, 2 months ago
Questions and Answers: Volume 14
Episode 1279
The month of January was named after the Roman god Janus who had two faces, one on each side of his head.
Janus was the god of waging war and making …
2 years, 2 months ago
An Introduction to the Philippines
Episode 1278
Located off the coast of Southeast Asia lies an archipelago of 7,641 islands that constitute the nation of the Philippines.
The Philippines is one of…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Legend of Babe Ruth
Episode 1277
In 1941, a minor league baseball team in Baltimore, Maryland, signed a young player from the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys—a school for delin…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Hindenburg Disaster (Encore)
Episode 1276
In the 1920s and 1930s, one of the most cutting-edge and exciting forms of transportation was the zeppelin.
Germany’s Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Company …
2 years, 2 months ago