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The Black Death
Episode 1272
During the 14th century, the world saw one of its most traumatic episodes.
A plague spread through Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa th…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Second Triumvirate (Encore)
Episode 1271
From the years 59 to 53 BC, three high-ranking Romans conspired to control the Roman political system for their own benefit. They called this system …
2 years, 4 months ago
High Fructose Corn Syrup (Encore)
Episode 1270
In 1957, two chemists at the Clinton Corn Processing Company of Clinton, Iowa, developed a system for converting the glucose found in corn starch int…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Tomb of Alexander the Great (Encore)
Episode 1269
By the age of 32, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the world, which was known to him.
This episode is not about any of that. This is about w…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Encore)
Episode 1268
On Christmas Eve, 1914, something remarkable happened on the western front during the First World War.
Soldiers in the trenches on both sides of no m…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why is Christmas on December 25?
Episode 1267
Every year, people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25. In many countries, it is the biggest single holiday of the year.
Why is it ce…
2 years, 4 months ago
Apollo 8
Episode 1266
On December 21, 1968, a Saturn V rocket was launched from Florida that did something that had never been done before. It took three men outside of th…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Santa Claus Association
Episode 1265
In the 1920s, Christmas was becoming a big deal. Christmas was becoming highly commercialized, and the Santa Claus that we know today was being estab…
2 years, 4 months ago
All About Snow
Episode 1264
If you live anywhere away from tropical latitudes, you might have experienced snow. In fact, depending on where you live, you might have experienced …
2 years, 4 months ago
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Episode 1263
If anyone has taken some basic mathematics, you are probably familiar with Euclidian Geometry. Euclidean geometry is what most people just call geome…
2 years, 4 months ago