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This German Explorer Held Electric Eels in His Bare Hands (02:05)
Humboldt's Journey to Cumana Was Packed With Discovery (03:21)
How Henry Ford Went From Pacifist to Major Supplier of WWI (02:57)
A Leopard Risks Her Life to Steal Food (03:39)
The Roman Pilum Was Unmatched as a Ranged Weapon (02:11)
This Pyramid Was Built to Honor a Highly Unusual Occupant (03:54)
How Tea Drinking Became an Important Part of Japanese Culture (03:05)
This French Woman Risked Her Life to Document Nazi Theft (03:45)
Women Proved to Be Exceptional Pilots During WWII (01:48)
Meeting Up With a Key Member of the Little Rock Nine (03:37)
The Vesuvius Eruption May Have Been a Gradual Process (03:08)
The Wildlife at Leopard Rocks Is as Impressive as the Terrain (01:24)
This Icelandic Volcano Recreates Early Conditions on Earth (03:42)
Egyptologists Open a Newly-discovered Pyramid (03:28)
This Pendant Is Britain’s Oldest Piece of Iron Age Art (03:18)
Ed Dwight Jr. Was Set to Become America’s First Black Astronaut-0 0 3479308 Eps01.vtt (03:22)
A Cheetah Changes His Hunting Strategy in a Surprising Way (02:34)
This 11,000-Year-Old Piece of Wood Is More Than It Seems (03:49)
Was This Cave an Ancient Lab for Preserving Human Bodies? (02:56)
Boston and New York Competed for America’s First Subway (02:51)
This Man Was Tried in Tennessee for Teaching Evolution (02:25)
Warthogs Have the Tools to Survive in a Drought (02:02)
Scientists Didn't Know Much About Earthquakes Before 1933 (03:18)
A Scandalous Affair Threatens to Tear the Royal Family Apart (02:22)
How Idlewild Courted the Black Middle Class in the 1930s (01:35)
A Herd of Elephants Interrupt a Feasting Lion Pride (02:16)
This Is the Largest Mammal Migration in the World (02:40)
Justice for Medgar Evers Comes 30 Years After His Murder (02:37)
The Fishy Reason This Ancient Roman City Was So Wealthy (03:45)
How This School Prepares Orphan Orangutans for the Wild (03:47)
How the Wealthy of Pompeii Protected Their Valuables (02:57)
A 600-Mile Journey Across Alaska Saves the Town of Nome (02:12)