The World’s Loudest Sound
Do you know what created the loudest sound on Earth? People 3,000 miles away described it as “cannon fire from a nearby ship”, but i...
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How The American Flag Got Its 50th Star
In 1958, Ohio high schooler Robert Heft submitted a class project that would change our country forever. Heft’s history teache...
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The Female Detective Who Saved Lincoln’s Life
When Kate Warne first applied for a position at the Pinkerton Detective Agency, she was laughed at. Still, she persevered and soon b...
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Racing Against the Odds in a WWII Plane
To say the Hintons love World War II-era fighter planes would be an understatement. The family runs a museum dedicated to these vict...
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China’s Architectural Wonder Has Been Standing for 700 Years
The Guanyin Pavilion was built to last. And last. And last. This temple has sat atop a large reef rock in the middle of China’s Yang...
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How Sustainability Is Bringing Architecture Back Down to Earth
Skylines are soaring higher and higher, and cities are awash in concrete. But world-famous Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is bucking...
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The President’s Tailor Survived the Holocaust
Martin Greenfield’s story is extraordinary. He was liberated from Auschwitz as a 15 year old and immigrated to the United Stat...
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How One Man Found 1,200 Messages in Bottles
For the past 34 years, Wim Kruiswijk has been traversing the coasts of Zandvoort, Netherlands, in search of messages-in-bottles that...
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5 Hidden Treasures to Explore
We all need a little adventure now and then. In this reel, hide away in London’s 900-year-old secret garden, grab a bite at Madrid’s...
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Inside Italy’s Handmade Amusement Park
In a forest in Northern Italy, a man known simply as Bruno has spent nearly a lifetime building an amusement park by hand. Bruno, wh...