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Gimli Glider
Season 2 Episode 14
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 was in route from Montreal to Edmonton when the plane - astonishingly - ran out of fuel midway through the fl…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Eradication of the Screwworm Fly
Season 2 Episode 13
For decades the New World screwworm fly devastated agriculture across the southern United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. At le…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Establishment of Liberia
Season 2 Episode 12
In 1847, a group of former slaves from the Americas established the nation of Liberia on the west coast of Africa. Many people hailed the move as an …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Erfurt Latrine disaster
Season 2 Episode 11
On a summer day in 1184 a large group of nobles and clergy were gathered in Erfurt, modern day Germany, debating control over the city. The event was…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy
Season 2 Episode 10
In 1983, the Kremlin became convinced NATO was preparing to strike first with nuclear weapons. However, British Intelligence had a man inside London’…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
St. Guinefort the Greyhound
Season 2 Episode 9
In the Middle Ages a cult emerged based up around a dog - a greyhound - named Guinefort. The dog had saved the life of a baby from poisonous snake - …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Tarrare - the World's Hungriest Man
Season 2 Episode 8
Around 1772, in Lyon, France, a man who today is known only as Tarrare was born with an absolutely insatiable appetite. He would eat garbage, live ca…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon Fraud
Season 2 Episode 7
On April 21, 1980, Rosie Ruiz stunned the world by winning the women’s crown at the Boston Marathon with a record time. The only problem was she had …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Julius Caesar and the Pirates
Season 2 Episode 6
While a young man and on his way to college none other than Julius Caesar's ship was attacked by pirates. He was captured for ransom. But rather than…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
Season 2 Episode 5
On July 3, 1940, British forces attacked French ships at the naval base at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of Algeria. The attack was part of a British pl…
5 months, 4 weeks ago