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Making the Perfect Cup of Tea is More Science than Art (04:45)
Why the Nazis Interviewed British POWs in Slick Film Segments (02:39)
A Traditional Cretan Cheesemaker Reveals His Secrets (02:06)
This Imposing Concrete Hideout is Where Nazi U-Boats Were Once Built (04:05)
Harrowing World War II Footage of the Allies Bringing Supplies to Malta (03:50)
A Cruise Ship Faces Dangerous Malfunction as it Approaches Port (02:17)
Destroying the Dnieper Dam Sent a Strong Message to the Nazis (03:24)
How Stalin, Churchill & Roosevelt Carved up a Defeated Germany (03:31)
This Machine Creates A Mesmerizing Waterfall Of Pasta Inside The Factory Smithsonian Channel (03:36)
Why Maintenance Crews Have to Work Fast to Check a Ship’s Engines (01:10)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Is One of America's Greatest National Monuments (03:04)
We Can't Stop Watching This Egg Separator in Action (04:08)
Unfathomable Cruelty at the Heart of Hitler’s Russian Invasion (02:21)
This Pepperoni Slicer is Mildly Humorous and Ruthlessly Effective (03:37)
Do Incubating Sea Turtles Call Out to Each Other When it’s Time to Hatch? (02:28)
This 200-Year-Old Tree is a Nesting Location for Woodpeckers (01:33)
This 19th Century Dresden Museum Received a Careful Makeover (03:58)
Play Sessions Indicate Who Will Rise in Lemur Society (03:07)
Funicular Trains Defy Gravity to Carry Skiers to Resort (03:51)
The Distinctive Ears of the Eurasian Lynx Are A Mystery (03:33)
The Crazy Design That Allows This Hudson Yards Showroom to Expand (03:57)
Doris Miller went from Mess Attendant to a Hero of Pearl Harbor (03:57)
A Spectacled Bear’s Sense of Smell Puts a Bloodhound to Shame (01:55)
Two Huge World War II Battleships Were Recommissioned for the Gulf War (03:36)
For "Chihuly Over Venice," the Artist Chose the Very Best Collaborators (02:28)
Like Many Artists, Dale Chihuly Struggled with Depression (03:52)
For Dale Chihuly at the Rhode Island School of Design, "The Sky Was the Limit." (02:35)
Red Deer Stags Clash Violently for the Right to Mate (04:27)
The All-Female Shang-Era Troops Led by Queen Fu Hao (03:24)
An Auction Buy Turns Out to Be a Unique U.S. Warship (03:43)
This Wild Boar Female Is the Decision-Maker in Her Herd (02:11)
This Forest Gecko Is a Near-Invisible Assassin (03:59)