How Stuff Works

  • Premiered: Nov 2008
  • Episodes: 19
  • Followers: 14
  • Ended
  • Discovery
  • Thursday
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 2
2x1
How Summer Changed the World
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 06, 2010
From the pyramids to modern warfare, discover how our favourite season helped change the world as we reveal the science and surprising history behind summer.
2x2
How Whiskey Made America
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 06, 2010
From saving the whales to putting a man on the moon, discover how whiskey helped change the world
2x4
Cereal Beyond the Bowl
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2010
Cereal helped fight World War II, invented the modern bank, and even sparked an invasion from Mars! That's just the beginning of the Cereal's story....
2x5
Christmas Unwrapped
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2010
From creating the solar system to ending slavery, discover the amazing science and surprising history behind Christmas, on How Stuff Works.
2x3
Secrets of Chocolate
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 2010
It fueled the Aztecs, helped win WW2, transformed TV and may save the rainforest. Go inside the intricate science and the outrageous history behind chocolate.
2x6
Games Unboxed
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 2011
From Backgammon to billiards, discover how the games we love started the American Revolution and changed the world.
2x7 Show finale
Money
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 2011
Whether it's struck from silver or stacked from cash, there's more to money than purchasing power. From the birth of writing to the pennies that marched into WW2, come explore the root of all evil.

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