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Blowing the lid off the many uses of pressure, including keeping a fridge cool, and making volcanoes erupt.

Modern Marvels: Super Power Pressure

Unleashing the energy behind rocks; exploring how they rock the world from the ground up; marble is mined miles underground; precious moon stones lighter than water.

Modern Marvels: Rocks Greatest Hits

Unearthing the many murky mysteries of the soil; plunging into the muck that paved the way for groundbreaking innovations.

Modern Marvels: More Dirt

A ride through the dazzling world of chrome; reflecting on the many ways chrome has changed the modern world.

Modern Marvels: Addicted to Chrome

Taking a shine to aluminum; a look at the lightweight, flexible, rust-proof wonder that's become an essential part of how people fly, drive, cook, build cities and even explore the universe.

Modern Marvels: Amazing Aluminum

Checking out the wonderful world of wood; exploring all the historical, modern and timeless ways people can't live without wood, including sailboats, airplanes, wagon wheels, and charcoal.

Modern Marvels: World of Wood

A sharp look at the cutting-edge tool that changed history, including a bank of six circular saws spinning at 1,750 RPM to a diamond-coated belt saw that can slice through limestone like butter.

Modern Marvels: Super Sharp Saws

Working out with iron; mining, extracting and forging this incredibly versatile metal; ultra-strong magnets; enhanced weapon technology; Martian mining.

Modern Marvels: More Iron

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Changing the way people think about coin-operated machines; exploring the ways people spend their quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies every day.

Modern Marvels: Coin Operated Plus

Rediscovering some of the most beloved retro devices that built the tech-driven world of today; diving into some blasts from technology's past.

Modern Marvels: Tech Treasures

Entering the mad world of Nikola Tesla's remarkable inventions; Tesla's 187-foot-high wireless network tower and lifelong rivalry with Thomas Edison; his disturbing death ray and earthquake machines.

Modern Marvels: Mad Electricity Plus

A fascinating journey from farm to table; the dizzying heights of California's date palm trees; the soggy Wisconsin cranberry marshes; the cavernous labyrinths of Pennsylvania's mushroom farms; picking through the most unique forms of harvesting.

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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.

S21 E4 | Maximum Horsepower