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22 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 25, 2011
From Columbus to Ponce de Leon, the horse to horsepower, and Galileo to the order of the planets.
Episode 2
Sat, Oct 1, 2011
From insects to polar bears, the Great Lakes to the Not So Great Lakes, and the Pythagorean Theorem to endless Pi.
Episode 3
Sat, Oct 8, 2011
From dollar bills to financial abbreviations, fruits to chromosomes, and a new ocean to a globe gone south.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 15, 2011
From presidents to the Supreme Court, the first Olympics to Jackie Robinson, and orchestras to air guitar.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 22, 2011
From the last ice age to the hottest place on earth, an antonym for antonym to a metaphor for metaphor, and calories to the secret about stretching.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 29, 2011
From the light bulb to the internet, livestock to the real cash crop, and Zeus to the Minotaur.
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
From the South Pole to the moon, slurping soup to feng shui, and purchasing power to monopoly.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 12, 2011
From your head to your phalanges, van Gogh to the rainbow, and the American Revolution to the industrial one.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
From saber tooth cats to America's first people, the history of pencils to the history of knives, and why popcorn pops and we have only five tastes.
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 26, 2011
From Lincoln to Lee, CEOs to the S&P, and tornadoes to the speed of lightning.
Episode 11
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
From Obama and Reagan, hot air to hydrogen, and Chaplin to Buster Keaton.
Episode 12
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
From the Crusades to catapults, Earth's rotation to Jupiter's moons, and OPEC to windmills.
Episode 13
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
From the smallest capital to the highest, the Great Barrier Reef to volcanoes, and T-Rex to ancient birds.
Episode 14
Sat, Apr 21, 2012
From the first Olympic gold to the oldest Olympic athlete, the longest geographical name to countries within countries, and the brains of geniuses to animals with accents.
Episode 15
Sat, Apr 28, 2012
From your number one fear to hiccups, the history of the baker's dozen to the origin of orange, and blitzkriegs to "bless yous."
Episode 16
Sat, May 5, 2012
From the foundation of the universe to a jiffy, spies who become leaders to Nobel Prizes, and speedy hippos to weird pets.
Episode 17
Sat, May 12, 2012
From the first photograph to the creation of the Internet, the wonders of the world to death by lightning, and platinum albums to 5-year old composers.
Episode 18
Sat, May 19, 2012
From the first Academy Awards to the eastern-most state, pirates to the discovery of Antarctica, and unfurnished German apartments to politely sticking out your tongue.
Episode 19
Sat, May 26, 2012
From the world's happiest job to the happiest country, what you really hear in that conch shell to the secret behind the word robot, and predictions from Jules Verne, Business Week, and Warner Brothers.
Episode 20
Sat, Jun 2, 2012
From naked mole rats to the animals of 1492, the real reason it's called America to Civil War surgeries, and Charles Lindbergh to Jackie Robinson.
Episode 21
Sat, Jun 9, 2012
From the reason North is up to the fight over the number of oceans, the history of climate change to the truth about vegetables, and the skinny on stretching to the medical benefit of hugs.
Episode 22
Sat, Jun 16, 2012
From the reason cheese tastes good to the air pressure on Everest, the first pencil to the poleaxe, and Harry Houdini to Charlie Chaplin.