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Discovery of Insulin
Season 2 Episode 87
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world, affecting over 500 million people. Today it is very manageable, and thanks to modern med…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
Season 2 Episode 86
On the morning of August 27, 1979, a bomb exploded on a fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. Two children were amongst the dead, as was British sta…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Adam's Peak
Season 2 Episode 85
On the island of Sri Lanka there is a mountain that is sacred to multiple religions. For thousands of years people have made pilgrimages to the summi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
William Henry Harrison
Season 2 Episode 84
William Henry Harrison became the 9th president of the United States on March 4, 1841, and served out his presidency admirably. He generated no scand…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Lonnie Johnson - Inventor of the Super Soaker
Season 2 Episode 83
Lonnie Johnson is an accomplished aerospace engineer who has worked for NASA and the United States Air Force. He worked on the Stealth Bomber, and ow…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Project Azorian
Season 2 Episode 82
In 1968 a Soviet nuclear submarine was lost beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, at a depth of over 15,000 feet. It was considered unattainable. U…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Cat Island
Season 2 Episode 81
Japan is home to many unique places, but one of the most fascinating is Aoshima - aka - Cat Island. At its height, the tiny island of Aoshima was hom…
4 months ago
Jimmy Carter Rabbit Attack
Season 2 Episode 80
It was a normal spring afternoon on April 20, 1979, when president Jimmy Carter, while visiting his home in Georgia, was attacked by a rabbit. This i…
4 months ago
Pepsi Points Jet Fighter Lawsuit
Season 2 Episode 79
In 1996, Pepsi launched a new loyalty campaign. Buy Pepsi soda - get Pepsi points - which got you Pepsi branded stuff. For this campaign, a commercia…
4 months ago
Mad Trapper of the Rat River
Season 2 Episode 78
On December 31, 1931, a trapper known as Albert Johnson shot and killed a Canadian police officer in the remote Northwest Territories. He fled into t…
4 months ago