Modern Marvels - s1 | e29 - Logging Tech
Its one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, teaming muscle, machine and centuries of lessons learned. Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what really happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.
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Added: Mon Aug 30 22:48:06 UTC 2010
Air date: Fri Aug 20 00:00:00 UTC 2010
Duration: 46:00
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e28 - Distilleries
Its one of the worlds most legendary spirits, and its story takes us from the American south to the Scottish Isles. Bourbon, rye, scotch, and even moonshine--its all whiskey.
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Added: Tue Aug 31 17:01:06 UTC 2010
Air date: Fri Jul 30 00:00:00 UTC 2010
Duration: 45:33
Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e30 - 90's Tech
The dot com decade opened up the information superhighway and for the first time, people could shop, search, and surf online with the click of a mouse.
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Added: Tue Aug 31 17:01:06 UTC 2010
Air date: Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 45:03
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e16 - The Pig
A curious creature some say is as smart as a three-year-old human, but our primary goal is to eat him. Well visit the massive Tyson bacon plant and at Burgers Smokehouse in Missouri, well watch the pig transform into ham.
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Added: Mon Sep 21 00:10:19 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 44:22
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e5 - Corn
Corn is a chameleon that has found its way into over 3,000 different items. Discover how hundreds of tons of sweet corn make it from the field to a sealed can within mere hours at Lakeside Foods in Wisconsin.
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Added: Wed Aug 26 21:01:11 UTC 2009
Air date: Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 45:02
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e27 - Cheese
From cheddar to brie, Parmesan to blue, take a look at both ancient techniques and new technologies behind some of the worlds most popular cheeses.
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Added: Tue Aug 31 17:01:06 UTC 2010
Air date: Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 45:03
Rating: 4.4 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e10 - Deep Sea Salvage
Driven by the need for deep sea rescue and salvage capabilities, the US Navy Diving and Salvage Programs have gathered together a highly skilled team of divers, innovative scientists and engineers.
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Added: Tue Sep 08 02:50:06 UTC 2009
Air date: Wed Mar 14 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 44:24
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e13 - Barbarian Battle Tech
The bow that nearly brought down Rome, and the suspension system that revolutionized the chariot. It is the ingenuity of an outcast culture that transformed Europe.
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Added: Tue Sep 08 02:50:06 UTC 2009
Air date: Sun Mar 04 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 44:19
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e7 - Tea
The Modern Marvel episode about Tea features a visit to one of the largest tea-bagging factories in the world, the Liptons plant in Suffolk, VA. Here, an astonishing million teabags an hour - 24 million a day since the operation is 24/7.
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Added: Fri Sep 04 23:50:03 UTC 2009
Air date: Wed Dec 13 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 44:28
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0
Modern Marvels - s1 | e17 - Snow
Take a close look at one of nature's most delicate and fascinating creations... The Snowflake. And yes, its safe to say that no two snow flakes are the same.
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Added: Fri Sep 11 09:10:04 UTC 2009
Air date: Sun Dec 10 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 44:24
Rating: 3.8 / 5.0