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A Baby Seal's First Solo Venture Into the Water (02:19)
A Rare Pair of Chicks for the Exotic and Endangered Takahe (02:54)
This Indian City Sells 3,500 Tons of Chilies Every Single Day (02:55)
A Lemur Queen Gives a Master Class in Troop Leadership (03:05)
The Surprisingly Sophisticated Conveniences of Mycenae (02:36)
Could an Ancient Greek Bow Outperform a Modern One? (03:41)
The Ancient Greek City of Mystra Has Become a Ghost Town (03:41)
Did Texas Make a Mistake Running its Own Power Grid? (03:19)
This Terrifying Worm Snatches Fish From The Ocean Floor (03:13)
How Many Pencils Can Be Made Out of a Factory Batch of Graphite? (02:50)
Making the Perfect Cup of Tea is More Science than Art (04:45)
Why the Nazis Interviewed British POWs in Slick Film Segments (02:39)
A Traditional Cretan Cheesemaker Reveals His Secrets (02:06)
This Imposing Concrete Hideout is Where Nazi U-Boats Were Once Built (04:05)
Harrowing World War II Footage of the Allies Bringing Supplies to Malta (03:50)
A Cruise Ship Faces Dangerous Malfunction as it Approaches Port (02:17)
Destroying the Dnieper Dam Sent a Strong Message to the Nazis (03:24)
How Stalin, Churchill & Roosevelt Carved up a Defeated Germany (03:31)
This Machine Creates A Mesmerizing Waterfall Of Pasta Inside The Factory Smithsonian Channel (03:36)
Why Maintenance Crews Have to Work Fast to Check a Ship’s Engines (01:10)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Is One of America's Greatest National Monuments (03:04)
We Can't Stop Watching This Egg Separator in Action (04:08)
Unfathomable Cruelty at the Heart of Hitler’s Russian Invasion (02:21)
This Pepperoni Slicer is Mildly Humorous and Ruthlessly Effective (03:37)
Do Incubating Sea Turtles Call Out to Each Other When it’s Time to Hatch? (02:28)
This 200-Year-Old Tree is a Nesting Location for Woodpeckers (01:33)
This 19th Century Dresden Museum Received a Careful Makeover (03:58)
Play Sessions Indicate Who Will Rise in Lemur Society (03:07)
Funicular Trains Defy Gravity to Carry Skiers to Resort (03:51)
The Distinctive Ears of the Eurasian Lynx Are A Mystery (03:33)
The Crazy Design That Allows This Hudson Yards Showroom to Expand (03:57)
Doris Miller went from Mess Attendant to a Hero of Pearl Harbor (03:57)