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S13 E18: Fertilizer

28 Min Left • Original Air Date: Jun 20, 2007

Fertilizer--without it two thirds of the world would starve. It makes our lawns grow greener and our crops grow taller; take a tour of the places where the essential nutrients that feed the soil are harnessed.

3:10-4PM

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50 Min

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2007

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TV-PG

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S14 E31: Salt

Original Air Date: Dec 1, 2008

Salt is a versatile substance with 14,000 known uses; visiting a salt mine under Lake Erie; an evaporation facility harvests ocean salt near San Francisco; a Florida restaurant offers 40 varieties of salt.

7:21-8:12AM

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51 Min

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S14 E20: Secrets of Oil

Original Air Date: Jul 31, 2008

Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, and lubricants, none can exist without oil; the secrets of oil and the many products it has spawned; oil refinery in California; chemical weapons suits; making asphalt; blending jet fuel; Vaseline.

May 14

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6:34PM

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49 Min

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TV-PG

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S14 E18: Underwear

Original Air Date: Jul 17, 2008

Brief history of undergarments; the evolution from itchy woolen union suits to comfortable briefs and boxers; socks with special threads to prevent odor; fire retardant underwear; the bra industry.

6:31-7:21AM

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50 Min

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TV-PG

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S14 E15: Ice Cream

Original Air Date: Jun 23, 2008

The history of ice cream ranging from the gelato of Italy and a 19th-century French process to today's frozen desserts; visiting Dreyer's, TCBY and Joy Cone Co. factories; Ben & Jerry's flavor innovations.

5:40-6:31AM

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51 Min

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TV-PG

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S14 E13: Super Hot

Original Air Date: Jun 9, 2008

Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F; steel workers suit up to beat refinery heat; coffee makers and hair dryers malfunction at Underwriters Laboratories; a friction lab tests aircraft and race-car brakes.

4:51-5:40AM

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49 Min

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TV-PG

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S14 E12: Rats

Original Air Date: Apr 30, 2008

Rats are some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful animals on the planet; an exterminator comes face to face with the rodents; hundreds of thousands of rats are bred and raised in a a high-tech facility.

May 15

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10AM

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50 Min

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S14 E12: Most Dangerous

Original Air Date: Jun 6, 2008

The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano; tornado hazards; base jumping.

May 15

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4PM

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49 Min

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TV-PG

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S14 E5: Alaskan Fishing

Original Air Date: Mar 16, 2008

A large factory-fishing boat hunts down, catches and processes 300 tons of Alaskan pollock each day in the Bering Sea; the crew reveals the inner workings of one of the most sophisticated and complex vessels afloat.

May 15

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8:16PM

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53 Min

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S14 E3: World's Strongest III

Original Air Date: Mar 6, 2008

Mechanical feats of strength by the world's most-powerful elevators, a monster mine machine, the world's strongest mountain bike, a space vehicle transporter and an unbeatable blender.

May 15

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6:34PM

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51 Min

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TV-PG

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