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Moina Michael: the Poppy Lady
Season 1 Episode 142
In November of 1918, American educator Moina Michael was inspired by the battlefront-theme poem "In Flanders Fields" by Canadian John McCrae. The lin…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Pepsi Navy
Season 1 Episode 141
In 1989, the Soviet Union, under President Mikhail Gorbachev, wanted to ensure the soft drink Pepsi kept flowing to the empire. Unfortunately, the US…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Near Extinction of the Bison
Season 1 Episode 140
When Europeans first came to North America, it is estimated that anywhere from 30-60 million bison roamed throughout he continent. And the great beas…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Battle of Fishguard: The Last Invasion of Britain
Season 1 Episode 139
In February of 1797, 1400 French troops landed in Pembrokeshire, Wales, as part of the War of the First Coalition. What was meant to stir up rebellio…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Cardiff Giant: Archeology's Greatest Hoax
Season 1 Episode 138
In 1869, workers digging a well at a farm in Cardiff, New York, uncovered what appeared to be the body of an ancient, 10-foot-tall petrified man. The…
1 year ago
St. Albans Raid - The Civil War's Northern Most Battle
Season 1 Episode 137
In October of 1864, the northernmost land battle of the American Civil War took place. Not in Pennsylvania, or New York, but in Vermont, just 18 mile…
1 year ago
Devils Tower
Season 1 Episode 136
In Northwest Wyoming a vertical stone tower sprouts up a thousand feet out of the landscape. The site is so unique and so stunning - it is held as sa…
1 year ago
The 335 Year War
Season 1 Episode 135
For 335 years the Netherlands - maybe - fought a long, protracted war against the Isles of Scilly, in the English Channel. It would drag on and on, c…
1 year ago
The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters
Season 1 Episode 134
At the age of 18, Peter I of Russia - aka - Peter the Great - formed a social club to celebrate the fun things in life - especially drinking. This gr…
1 year ago
The Accidental Discovery of Penicillin
Season 1 Episode 133
In the summer of 1928 one of the happiest accidents in history occurred. Scottish Professor of Bacteriology Alexander Fleming returned from holiday t…
1 year ago