Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the ``safe`` and ``smart`` bullets of today.
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Episode takes the ``best of`` Modern Marvels and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons; they're every arsenal's best asset and every enemy's worst nightmare.
Hazardous-material shipment; trucks carrying classified government materials; Con-Air flight moves dangerous felons.
Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein; charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table; how powdered eggs are manufactured.
Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.
Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them; you can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine, or take a direct hit.
Sit tight and click the seat belt because while there are over 230 million licenced drivers in America, episode goes way beyond the driver's seat of an average automobile.
From elaborate elite training facilities to GPS-guided air drops, to revolutionary high-tech tents and fire-retardant uniforms, episode explores the science and technology of building, operating and protecting a base in a warzone.
Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the ``safe`` and ``smart`` bullets of today.
Sinkholes; use of asbestos; Chang River flood; liquid natural-gas explosions; Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
Chicago flood; Alpine tunnel fires; riverboat boiler explosion; building collapse; plane crash.
Oil-tanker explosion; subway tunnel cave-in; freighter-plane crash; molasses flash-flood; freeway-ramp collapse.
Denver International Airport baggage disaster; Texas A&M bonfire; M-4 Sherman tank; Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993; Skyline Plaza collapse.
Examining 8,000 horsepower dragsters and hydroplanes with top speeds of 200 miles per hour and a cargo ship propelled by one of the most powerful diesel engines on Earth.
Examining the military's deadliest and most sophisticated choppers, homemade helicopters and million-dollar models customized with everything from bars and entertainment systems.
Coffee traces origins from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to today's Starbucks explosion; American giants Hills Brothers, Maxwell House, and Folgers process billions of beans while coffeehouses historically brewed political and artistic progress.
Sit tight and click the seat belt because while there are over 230 million licenced drivers in America, episode goes way beyond the driver's seat of an average automobile.
To see how people, products, and more move around America, Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
Adam learns the true meaning of heavy when he visits legendary heavy equipment manufacturer: John Deere; big machines do big jobs and he gets an inside look at how top brands like SANY and JCB are pushing the envelope on what these machines can do.
Adrenaline runs high when Adam Richman visits the factory where Yamaha makes ATVs, WaveRunners and more; an inside look at a company built to get people sky-high in paramotors; amusement park Diggerland USA; mech-suits; submarine built for two.
Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins; explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.
How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.
Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.
The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires; sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.
Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.
A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
Examining 8,000 horsepower dragsters and hydroplanes with top speeds of 200 miles per hour and a cargo ship propelled by one of the most powerful diesel engines on Earth.
In this countdown, Americans' ten tastiest treats are reviewed; the nationwide journey leads to the most popular snack in the USA.
A countdown of the top 10 favorite American foods, especially guilty pleasure foods that people find irresistible.
Episode takes the ``best of`` Modern Marvels and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons; they're every arsenal's best asset and every enemy's worst nightmare.
Tiny weapons may not sound impressive, but small can kill, and it can also be easily concealed; from a pocket pistol used by the police to a submachine gun wielded by a bodyguard, many of today's most effective weapons are smaller than ever.
From elaborate elite training facilities to GPS-guided air drops, to revolutionary high-tech tents and fire-retardant uniforms, episode explores the science and technology of building, operating and protecting a base in a warzone.
Chocolate-covered bacon; red and white Starlight Mints; the key ingredient that gives Lemonheads their sour punch; the surprising substance that puts the polish on Mike and Ikes; the amount of sugar in cotton candy.
Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.
The biggest stacked burger in the world at almost 250 pounds; a plus-sized Sicilian pizza that feeds almost 75 people; a 72-ounce steak that no real cowboy can resist; the seven-pound hot dog that's too big for a bun; a giant cupcake.
The complex logistics behind creating feasts for huge crowds; dining aboard a U.S. Navy sub packed with enough food for a 120-day mission; cooks prepare a ``Victory Meal`` for 1,000 Marines; feeding 69,000 NFL fans during a Philadelphia Eagles game.
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs in Missouri; Illinois' Arlington Plating Co. adds luster to auto parts; how Harley-Davidson puts chrome to work as both a decorative and protective feature of motorcycles.
The versatile and nutritious potato; the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes; potato knishes in New York City; farming exotic potatoes in Maine; large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein; charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table; how powdered eggs are manufactured.
Americans visit car washes two million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion; how car washes are built to clean, ranging from tunnel systems to in-bay automatics; visiting the biggest car wash facility in the United States.
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world; the thoroughbred racing industry in Kentucky; how a Minnesota logging company uses real horsepower; a Colorado program pairs horses and prison inmates.
How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.
Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.
Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.
Take a supersonic flight through a world of flying machines that are redefining our skies; pull serious G's in the U.S. military's latest fighter jet: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.
Space travel technologies.
From the unimaginable power of nuclear bombs to microscopic anthrax spores, we reveal who possesses these nightmare weapons and explore the danger posed by terrorists with deadly technologies.
Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins; explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.
Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.
The supermarket has become one of the great success stories of modern retailing; bar coding and other technological advancements; the psychology of the supermarket, including the store layout, lighting, music and aromas.
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Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.
Soft drinks, donuts, meat snacks, popcorn, and gum represent humanity's need to feed cravings; from handmade treats of earliest civilizations to hi-tech mass production, these snackfoods evolved through history into modern manufacturing.
Coffee traces origins from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to today's Starbucks explosion; American giants Hills Brothers, Maxwell House, and Folgers process billions of beans while coffeehouses historically brewed political and artistic progress.
The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires; sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, created electric lights, power systems, motion pictures, recorded sound, and tattoo pens; his innovations evolved into modern CDs, iPods, satellite radio, and technologies from Internet to outer space.
Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
Doomsday threats range from very real, nuclear arsenals, to controversial, global warming, to futuristic - nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots.
We examine more threats--both natural and manmade--that may endanger civilization; from the far reaches of space to tiny viruses, doomsday sources are many.
Extruders, molds, in-line conveyor belts; are these machines manufacturing adhesives, plastics, or parts for your car? No, they're making treats for your mouth--and you will see them doing their seductively tasty work in this scrumptious episode.
Chicago flood; Alpine tunnel fires; riverboat boiler explosion; building collapse; plane crash.
Oil-tanker explosion; subway tunnel cave-in; freighter-plane crash; molasses flash-flood; freeway-ramp collapse.
A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
Denver International Airport baggage disaster; Texas A&M bonfire; M-4 Sherman tank; Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993; Skyline Plaza collapse.
Sinkholes; use of asbestos; Chang River flood; liquid natural-gas explosions; Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.
The X-1 jet breaks the sound barrier; the X-43 Scramjet flies at Mach 7; U-2 and SR-71 Cold War spy planes; flying Wing bombers; the new F/A Raptor.
Nuclear research ranges from well-known applications, such as bombs and reactors, to little-known uses in medicine, food preparation, and radiation detection. It's also spawned ancillary technologies to store nuclear waste and clean up accidents.
Qatar represents everything a modern military command post; it can be with the most sophisticated military information systems--from video-conferencing to real-time frontline satellite communication.
Shipyards are waterside construction sites where some of the largest tools ever built help create the biggest machines on earth; from ancient days to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution to the epic effort performed at Pearl Harbor.
The Overseas Highway links mainland Florida with the Florida Keys, and contains 51 bridges, including the Seven-Mile Bridge; a 175-million refurbishment that ended in 1982 resulted in today's remarkable Overseas Highway.
Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the ``safe`` and ``smart`` bullets of today.
The United States Transportation Command, answering to the Department of Defense, runs military transport like an efficient private shipping and travel agency; from the Civil War to US Transcom, track the development of military logistics.
Hazardous-material shipment; trucks carrying classified government materials; Con-Air flight moves dangerous felons.
Made up of soldiers and civilians, scientists and specialists in an enormous variety of fields, the US Army Corps of Engineers was created over 200 years ago by Congressional mandate to respond, in peace and war, to the nation's engineering needs.
Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them; you can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine, or take a direct hit.
They are lethal tools that ensured our survival, altered our evolution, and maintained our dominion over other animals; though hunting technology is the backbone of a multi-billion dollar sports industry, current cutting-edge gear.
A machine that converts energy into mechanical force to go over, under or through fortified or fixed defenses too strong for conventional force; engines range from man's first long-range missile weapon.
To achieve an extremely high level of combat readiness, equipment and personnel must be maintained at peak performance.
Defensive fortifications span WWI bunkers to futuristic structures; explore submarine bunkers at Lorient housing 20 subs, Churchill's Cabinet War Room, Hitler's Berlin bunker, Cold War shelters, and nuclear weapon protection bunkers.
Nuclear submarines carry more firepower than all bombs dropped in history; since the 1950s, these steel vessels became U.S. defense cornerstones, sparking Cold War underwater competition and creating engineering miracles for deterrence.
Cannons evolved from 13th-century fort-penetrating weapons to atomic bomb launchers with smart weapons; explore how cannons were cast and forged, terrorized in world wars, and advanced to today's 40-ton self-propelled Crusader.
Armored gunboats prowl rivers of Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
On a proving ground, you can fire a missile without scaring the neighbors or lift millions of pounds in pursuit of ounces of gold, performance is the only thing that matters and no excuses can be given in battle or competition.
Wartime research and development have revolutionized communication, transportation, and medicine; from Spam to nuclear power to hairspray and cell phones, life as we know it ironically owes a lot to war.
Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools; from ancient Rome to World Wars One and Two, and how modern training is enhanced by advanced technology and computer simulation.
From the early ``egg beaters`` of World War II to the ``flying tanks`` of Operation Desert Storm, meet the first pilot to fly a combat rescue mission in WWII and a U.S.A.F. female aviator; and view classified footage of the Apache in Iraq.
The story of the construction of America's national highway system, from its beginnings in 1912, which it was conceived by auto and headlight tycoons, to its completion in 1984, when the last stoplight was removed and buried.
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.
The versatile and nutritious potato; the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes; potato knishes in New York City; farming exotic potatoes in Maine; large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
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From the early "egg beaters" of World War II to the "flying tanks" of Operation Desert Storm, meet the first pilot to fly a combat rescue mission in WWII and a U.S.A.F. female aviator; and view classified footage of the Apache in Iraq.
Examining the military's deadliest and most sophisticated choppers, homemade helicopters and million-dollar models customized with everything from bars and entertainment systems.
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The United States Transportation Command, answering to the Department of Defense, runs military transport like an efficient private shipping and travel agency; from the Civil War to US Transcom, track the development of military logistics.
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Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools; from ancient Rome to World Wars One and Two, and how modern training is enhanced by advanced technology and computer simulation.
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Adam learns the true meaning of heavy when he visits legendary heavy equipment manufacturer: John Deere; big machines do big jobs, and he gets an inside look at how top brands like SANY and JCB are pushing the envelope on what these machines can do.
To see how people, products, and more move around America, Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
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Cannons evolved from 13th-century fort-penetrating weapons to atomic bomb launchers with smart weapons; explore how cannons were cast and forged, terrorized in world wars, and advanced to today's 40-ton self-propelled Crusader.
Shipyards are waterside construction sites where some of the largest tools ever built help create the biggest machines on earth; from ancient days to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution to the epic effort performed at Pearl Harbor.
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