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12 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
Thu, Nov 13, 200844 mins
How Stuff Works looks at the production and applications of corn and corn related products like plastic, whiskey, Xanthan gum, and ethanol.
Episode 2
Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Water is really cool. It's powerful enough to cut through steel, and yet we drink it and bathe in it. See how water works, from photosynthesis and hydration of the human body to hydroelectric power generation and high-speed water jet cutting. The show follows the path of water from Canada's Athabasca Glacier, through the Colorado River and Hoover Dam, sprayed onto the fertile but dry fields of California, surging inside a 19th Century steam locomotive, and in the clouds above West Texas as we see cloud seeding in action.
Episode 3
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Episode 4
How Stuff Works examines the turkey looking at its biology and how farms raise turkeys from eggs to adulthood. It also looks at the processing of turkey meat and the industrial applications of turkey products.
Episode 5
Thu, Jan 15, 200944 mins
How Stuff Works examines wheat from how it is grown and stored to how it is used in food and industry.
Episode 6
Thu, Dec 18, 200844 mins
How Stuff Works looks at how beer is made. It talked to experts, brew masters, and beer connoisseurs about the creation process.
Episode 7
44 mins
How Stuff Works looks at salt and examines where it comes from, how it is used as a preservative, why it is necessary for life, how it is used in industry, and why it is dangerous.
Episode 8
Episode 9
Fri, Feb 6, 200944 mins
How Stuff Works looks at coffee and examines how it is grown, roasted, and decaffeinated. It also looks at coffee tasters who make sure that gourmet coffee is of the highest quality.
Episode 10
Thu, Feb 5, 2009
Episode 11
Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Episode 12