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One of Nikola Tesla’s greatest inventions was The Tesla Coil. However, even from the start, people were confused about what it did and what it was ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Abraham Lincoln has the idea for The Secret Service and he calls William P. Wood to The White House to talk about it in this week’s episode of Did ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Douglas MacArthur was famous for saying, “I shall return!” Did he mean it? Find out all about it in this episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
At 63, Annie Edison Taylor decided to make history! What’s even more shocking than what she decided to do is the reason WHY she decided to do it! F...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Everyone knows about Paul Revere, but did you know a sixteen year old girl did the same thing he did, except better? We learn about Sybil Ludington...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Paul Revere is on his way to Concord! Does he make it? Find out on this week’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
One if by land. Two if by sea. Pretty simple right? Maybe not so much as we find out on this week’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
On his historical voyage to the New World Christopher Columbus was very eager to find land. We take a look at one of the possible reasons for that ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
Edison invented the light, but did you know he also came up with the first string of them and hung them outside his lab in New Jersey? We explore t...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sarah Bernhardt was a world renowned actress and in this episode of Did This Happen? we visit her backstage on the evening of her American Stage de...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Francis Scott Key wrote what would become the National Anthem for the United States. The question is, is what we sing now in the form he meant it t...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Abner Doubleday. Civil War General and baseball inventor? Explore how Doubleday may have become associated with America’s Pasttime in this episode ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Is the classic rhyme MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB based on actual events? We explore this possibility in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Every year a large ball drops in Times Square to usher in the New Year. We take a look at the beginings of that tradition in today’s episode of Did...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Did Clement Clarke Moore get his inspiration from real life stories? We explore that on today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley came up with the very first Christmas cards. But exactly why did they do so? Find out on today’s episode o...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Today on Art Beat, we feature a real character. This individual has been an acting company member of The Great River Shakespeare Festival for 6 sea...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 42:34
- Purchases: 3
Sam and Alan are reunited at Hootenanny Studios for a spirited episode celebrating the triumphant return of Brian Roberts, the possibility of pre-d...
- Added: Jun 14, 2012
- Length: 22:35
"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...
- Added: Mar 24, 2012
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
The Inaugural Bold Move Awards! Ponzi schemes: explained! Phrases That Have Never Before Been Uttered! And more!
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 31:51
An interview with Ben Kabak (of River Avenue Blues), who endeavors to convince Sam and Alan to stop torturing themselves. Despite his clever deplo...
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 45:15
The Honorable Jack Holt and actor Judge Reinhold take the stage on special Tin Roof edition of Tales from the South. The two “Judges” perform toget...
- Added: Aug 26, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Fishing expert Jerry McKinnis on a special edition of Tales from the South. The owner of B.A.S.S. and host of ESPN's "The Fishin' Hole" tells of a ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2011
- Length: 29:00
We continue our coverage of the 2011 Rhubarb Fest in Lanesboro MN. Thanks to the Devine Rhubarb Committee and help from a state legislature, Lanesb...
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- Added: Jul 27, 2011
- Length: 18:31
- Purchases: 1
The Mafia and Tommy James
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 05:25
