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True stories you never heard of,
and the science behind them.
A volcano that was heard 4,800 km away. A solar storm that set off a minefield. A telegraph that ran on the northern lights. Each story is a documentary on YouTube and a page here, with every fact sourced and an experiment to try.
The documentaries
Watch nowThe Sound That Circled the Earth27 August 1883 · Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies
Premieres 11 NovThe Summer Nights You Could Read By30 Jun – 3 Jul 1908 · Europe, after Tunguska
Premieres 06 NovThe Day the Sun Blew Up a Minefield4 Aug 1972 · Hon La, North Vietnam
Premieres 09 NovThe Night America Nuked the Sky8 Jul 1962, 11 pm Honolulu time · 400 km above Johnston Island
Premieres 08 NovThe Fog That Starved Egypt1783 · Laki fissure, Iceland
Premieres 04 NovMidnight at Noon19 May 1780 · New England
Coming soonThe Volcano That Invented the Bicycle1815–1817 · Tambora to Mannheim
Coming soonThe Telegraph That Ran on Aurora2 Sep 1859 · Boston–Portland