The Ice Bowl - Football's Most Famous Clash on the Frozen Tundra
In 1967, on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL Championship - the coldest game in NFL playoff history. This is the story of the legendary I...
21 Mar 202519min
Video Game Crash of 1983
In the 1980s, the United States video game industry was in a golden age. Arcades and home consoles were making billions of dollars and the market was full of incredible titles. And then overnight, it ...
20 Mar 202513min
The Opium Wars
In the mid-1800s, Great Britain fought two wars against China. The reason was not to conquer territory. Or get gain valuable resources. No, this was to force Chinese officials to allow British-grown o...
19 Mar 202519min
Henry Avery and the Greatest Pirate Raid in History
On September 7, 1695, English pirate Henry Avery led one of the most daring pirate attacks - and most lucrative - in history. And to top it all off - he got away with it. Sources Wikipedia: https:/...
18 Mar 202524min
Alexander Selkirk - the Real Robinson Crusoe
In 1719, Daniel Defoe published the book, “The LIfe and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.” The story is about a sailor who is stranded on an island for more than 20 years. It has gone on to be...
17 Mar 202522min
Library of Alexandria
More than 2,000 years ago, in Alexandria Egypt, Ptolemy II had a dream - to establish the greatest library the world had known. What emerged was one of the grandest institutions ever built, and the fo...
17 Mar 202514min
Drake's Brass Plate - Relic or Hoax?
In 1933, a small brass plate was discovered near San Francisco - not far from where famed English privateer Francis Drake had supposedly landed back in 1579. It fit the description of a plate reported...
17 Mar 202518min
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks would have enough. Sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she was told to give up her seat. She said no. Sick and tired of decades of segregation, racism and oppressi...
17 Mar 202519min
