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One mountain face in particular came to be seen as the Last Great Problem: the vast, brooding Eiger Nordwand in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland.The world's finest climbers were lure...

Since leaving the EU, UK has been on a downhill. There have been several prime ministers trying to salvage the situation. Rishi Sunak is the latest in the least.The country’s bud...

Freedom of movement gave us freedom of mind. The flow of people and materials exposed us to new ideas and powered the rise of civilization.This documentary, hosted by Jason Silva, ...

Lebanon, or officially known as the Republic of Lebanon or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia.Located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the ...

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, or the Conquest of Mexico, is one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The conflict began in February 1519, ...

Munich, 1972. The Olympic Games have begun. The Olympic village is peaceful. Until, in the early morning of 5 September, Palestinian terrorists take 11 members of the Israeli team ...

This documentary on Mongol History talks about Mongol ideology. We discuss why Chinggis Khan wanted to conquer the world and thought that it is his destiny.Genghis Khan was the fou...

Dating apps, delivery services, remote work and smart homes. Today, our lives are more digitalized than ever.At the same time, the vulnerabilities that come with globalization are ...

Two film crews explore the spectacular wilderness of the Arctic. The people who live there face dramatic changes.The documentary takes viewers from East Greenland to Alaska. The re...

Toys have always been part of our lives. They have remained among the most popular items. Toys bring revenue of billions. It is no wonder every major company is trying to sell more...

At the Colonia Dignidad compound in Chile, Paul Schäfer ruled over his followers with an iron fist. Exhausting work, violence, and abuse dominated daily life.During the Pinochet d...

A. Eddy Goldfarb is an American toy inventor. The creator of over 800 toys, he is best known for inventing Yakity Yak Talking Teeth, Battling Tops, KerPlunk, Stompers, and Vac-U-Fo...

You have probably heard the words, “Remember, remember the 5th of November”. The words are association to the Gunpowder plot. The date is the one on which Guy Fawkes, a Catholi...

Nowadays, any good marketer knows that slogans sell products. But that has been true for quite some time.And there is no better example of how a slogan could sell anything than Naz...

The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile. It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of groun...

Shrouded in myth and legend, the forests of Germany and their wild inhabitants are known all around the world.Shots filmed from hot-air balloons show the magnificence of the landsc...

Britain’s Wicca Man tells the extraordinary story of Britain's fastest growing religious group - Wicca - and of its creator, an eccentric Englishman called Gerald Gardner.Histori...

From the snow-covered Dolomites to the turquoise blue of the Mediterranean, the spectacular landscape of Italy is already a favorite for many.Winter in northern Italy: ice and snow...

The Illuminati: They act in the shadows, they are extremely secretive and they practice ancient rituals. Secret societies play a far larger role in our everyday lives than we are a...

Shifting wind patterns are making extreme weather events more likely. This is because the wind, which distributes areas of high and low pressure along the latitude lines of the Ear...

Only 0.3 percent of the Earth's total water supply is suitable for human consumption. Ominously, this precious resource is beginning to shrink.Natural water reservoirs are drying u...

Experts believe that plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues. Rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world�...

In summer 2007, at a site in Ireland, archaeologists were uncovering layers of graves. They were astonished to find two skeletons with large stones lodged in their jaws.This was ex...

In this episode Zeinab Badawi travels to Angola, DRC and Congo in central Africa to bring the history of the great Kongo Empire.She hears about the critical role played by women in...