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How dynamite has been used in the construction of roads, tunnels and dams. Included: the invention of dynamite.
2026-07-03 09:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 10:15:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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The task was monumental: build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon, all in seven years when the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world.
2026-07-04 12:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Under the supervision of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, miners and quarrymen carve the faces of four U.S. presidents into the Black Hills of South Dakota, paying tribute to the first 150 years of American history.
2026-07-04 12:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 12:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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To see how people, products, and more move around America, Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
2026-07-04 11:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 12:02:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Perhaps the most important and yet least recognized aspect of warfare is battlefield engineering battlefield engineers lay the groundwork, quite literally, for the battle to come.
2026-07-04 10:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 11:10:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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The B-2 Stealth Bomber delivers 40,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear bombs undetected with origins in 1930s German single-wing experiments, it flies over 6,000 miles without refueling using 130 onboard computers and radar-invisible technology.
2026-07-04 09:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 10:15:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto--Journey of Death.
2026-07-04 08:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 09:21:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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CV-22 Osprey Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter the U.S. Military Sealift Command's large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship, or LMSR.
2026-07-04 07:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 08:27:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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The vehicles that transport the President of the United States aren't your ordinary planes, trains, and automobiles: they are top-secret and for your Average Joe, there's only two ways to find out what they're really like inside.
2026-07-04 06:41:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 07:35:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Every aspect of live involves pressure it's what puts the bubbles in soft drinks, propels shaving cream from its can, cools the contents of your refrigerator, and causes volcanoes to erupt but rapid pressure changes can be as violent as explosions.
2026-07-04 00:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 01:48:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Offshore oil drilling is one of mankind's greatest technological feats from the beginning of oil discovery, the oceans' vast reserves have been the ultimate frontier see how these superstructures revolutionized the search for crude oil.
2026-07-04 00:03:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 00:58:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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With technological advances, our ancient struggle against the sea has turned into a luxurious holiday a peek at the elegant life on these floating resorts.
2026-07-03 23:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 00:03:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Throughout history the same builders and engineers that paved man's path out of the caves and into the modern world also caused some of mankind's worst disasters often a huge calamity is traced back to a tiny cause, but triggering a domino effect.
2026-07-03 22:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 23:09:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
How dynamite has been used in the construction of roads, tunnels and dams. Included: the invention of dynamite.
2026-07-03 21:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 22:15:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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Delivering everything from pizza to packages how UPS transported China's ancient terra-cotta warriors to a museum in Los Angeles a submersible carrier ship delivers yachts racehorses ride a special jet New York City bicycle messengers.
2026-07-03 20:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 21:20:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
2026-07-03 19:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 20:27:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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America's aging infrastructure is in danger of collapse due to corrosion, according to engineers technology for battling corrosion harnessing the destructive power of decomposition.
2026-07-03 18:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 19:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Every aspect of live involves pressure it's what puts the bubbles in soft drinks, propels shaving cream from its can, cools the contents of your refrigerator, and causes volcanoes to erupt but rapid pressure changes can be as violent as explosions.
2026-07-03 12:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 13:48:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Offshore oil drilling is one of mankind's greatest technological feats from the beginning of oil discovery, the oceans' vast reserves have been the ultimate frontier see how these superstructures revolutionized the search for crude oil.
2026-07-03 12:03:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 12:58:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
With technological advances, our ancient struggle against the sea has turned into a luxurious holiday a peek at the elegant life on these floating resorts.
2026-07-03 11:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 12:03:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Throughout history the same builders and engineers that paved man's path out of the caves and into the modern world also caused some of mankind's worst disasters often a huge calamity is traced back to a tiny cause, but triggering a domino effect.
2026-07-03 10:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 11:09:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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