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Project Isabela: The Galapagos Goat War
Season 1 Episode 107
The Galapagos Islands are some of the most incredible, but fragile, ecosystems in the world. Isolated for millions of years, the 1800s saw the introd…
10 months ago
Assassination attempt of Teddy Roosevelt
Season 1 Episode 106
On Oct. 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt departed his hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin - on his way to a campaign speech. He got into an automobile, and as h…
10 months ago
Versailles Rail Accident
Season 1 Episode 105
On May 8, 1842, the locomotive of a train traveling to Paris from Versailles, broke an axle. The carriages behind the locomotive piled into it, and c…
10 months, 1 week ago
Jack Black: The Greatest Rat Catcher
Season 1 Episode 104
In Victorian London rats were one of the nastiest pests, responsible for numerous diseases, and untold economic damages. To combat these rodents, the…
10 months, 1 week ago
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and the "horrible hand" dinosaur
Season 1 Episode 103
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was a Polish scientist and the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. On her explorations of the Gobi Desert, …
10 months, 1 week ago
The Lost Episodes of Doctor Who
Season 1 Episode 102
One of the most popular and enduring science fiction television shows is Doctor Who. First premiering in 1967, it has aired over 600 episodes. And ye…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Caravel
Season 1 Episode 101
The 1400s ushered in the classic Age of Discovery. In the span of just a few decades, Europeans rounded Africa, crossed the Atlantic to find a New Wo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Carry Nation: The Temperance Movement's Hatchet Granny
Season 1 Episode 100
In 1900, a woman named Carry Nation was inspired by a vision - she claimed - from God. She had seen how alcohol destroyed families. It had killed her…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
History of the Periodic Table of Elements
Season 1 Episode 99
For over a hundred years the Periodic Table of Elements has shaped and organized every naturally occurring element in a surprisingly simple and elega…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Season 1 Episode 98
On December 4, 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores. Her lifeboat was missing…
10 months, 2 weeks ago