Modern Marvels
Testing the breaking points of vehicles and crash test dummies firing rounds at bulletproof glass breaching a safe the breaking points of steel and concrete.
2026-01-29 00:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 01:36:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Modern Marvels
A journey around the U.S. to legendary tailgating colleges like Penn State, the University of Miami, and a visit to the home-team parking lots of the Packers, Cowboys, and Eagles the evolution of tailgating from horse and buggy to tricked-out RV.
2026-01-28 23:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 00:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
All it takes to set off a booby trap is an unsuspecting victim lifting, moving, or disturbing a harmless-looking object the history of booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
2026-01-28 22:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 23:52:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The biggest machines and their smallest counterparts Airbus A380 and microjet Boss Hoss 425-horsepower bike and 18-inch tall pocket bike world's smallest production car.
2026-01-28 22:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 22:59:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Built with the pioneering use of steel-wire support cables, the Brooklyn Bridge became an instant symbol of American pride rare photographs and behind-the-scenes stories recall the politics, the struggles, and the tragedies that made it possible.
2026-01-28 15:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 16:10:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From amazing ancient Roman aqueducts and arch bridges, romantic Renaissance spans, 19th-century railroad crossovers, to monumental marvels of our time, bridges played a key role in the human quest to connect and unify.
2026-01-28 14:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 15:18:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Beer, one of the world's oldest beverages revered by Pharaohs and brewed by America's Founding Fathers, evolved from prehistoric times through ancient Sumeria, China, and Egypt to today's multi-billion-dollar global craft brewing industry.
2026-01-28 13:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 14:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Testing the breaking points of vehicles and crash test dummies firing rounds at bulletproof glass breaching a safe the breaking points of steel and concrete.
2026-01-28 12:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 13:36:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
A journey around the U.S. to legendary tailgating colleges like Penn State, the University of Miami, and a visit to the home-team parking lots of the Packers, Cowboys, and Eagles the evolution of tailgating from horse and buggy to tricked-out RV.
2026-01-28 11:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 12:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
All it takes to set off a booby trap is an unsuspecting victim lifting, moving, or disturbing a harmless-looking object the history of booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
2026-01-28 10:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 11:52:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The biggest machines and their smallest counterparts Airbus A380 and microjet Boss Hoss 425-horsepower bike and 18-inch tall pocket bike world's smallest production car.
2026-01-28 10:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 10:59:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
2026-01-28 04:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The 1969 flight of Apollo 11, which landed two American astronauts on the Moon, as seen through the eyes of the astronauts, mission controllers, engineers, and designers who made it happen.
2026-01-28 03:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 04:09:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life now, bacteria has emerged resistant to every known antibiotic and scientists have begun to fear that the era of the wonder drugs is near to its end.
2026-01-28 02:26:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 03:19:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Brad Paisley and his crew of truckers on the road between Little Rock and Tulsa the Ford F-150 tackles a devilish test course the world's most nimble tow truck extracts a car from the tightest parking spot imaginable Mack truck fanatic.
2026-01-28 01:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 02:26:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made aluminum is used to make reflective mirrors for telescopes at NASA the process of making aluminum foil why aluminum baseball bats are better than wood.
2026-01-28 00:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 01:36:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800 mile lifeline for its oil hunger study the technological triumph of the Alaskan oil pipeline built over mountains and tundra, where temperatures drop below zero.
2026-01-27 23:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 00:44:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
A large factory-fishing boat hunts down, catches and processes 300 tons of Alaskan pollock each day in the Bering Sea the crew reveals the inner workings of one of the most sophisticated and complex vessels afloat.
2026-01-27 22:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-27 23:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From brutal winters to bug-infested summers, survival in the unforgiving landscape of Alaska requires an array of technological innovations and creative solutions.
2026-01-27 22:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-27 22:58:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
2026-01-27 16:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-27 17:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)