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2012
2012x1
Guerrilla Gold Rush
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aka: Colombias Gold War With the price of gold soaring to historic highs, Colombia is in the throws of a gold rush unlike anything it has seen in years. Across dense jungle and the .. show full overview
2012x2
400 Million Dollar Emerald
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The world’s largest emerald is unearthed in Brazil in 2001, sparking an epic tale of deceit, obsession, and folly.
2012x3
The Man Who Can Fly
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BASE jumper Dean Potter has set his sights on Mount Bute - a 9,000-foot granite launch pad along the British Columbia coastline.. But first, he has to prepare his body and develop a new wing suit.
2012x7
Sex for Sale: American Escort
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The world's oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce that's just an Internet connection and a phone call away. National Geographic's .. show full overview
2012x4
Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist
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The Inside story of the most audacious heist in NASA’s history – how an intern stole Moon rocks from the Johnson Space Center.
2012x5
Finding the Lost da Vinci
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Could one of Leonardo da Vinci's lost works of art be hidden between a wall of an ornate building and another masterpiece? It's a captivating theory that has had one prominent scientist .. show full overview
2012x11
Omens of the Apocalypse
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A wide-ranging investigation of animal die-offs, including the thousands of blackbirds that died in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, 2010, leads to an exploration of how the human mind is .. show full overview
2012x15
Search for the Head of John the Baptist
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Theologian and relic expert Candida Moss journeys to a remote island in the Black Sea to investigate the ruins of one of the oldest monasteries in Europe.
2012x6
Under Cover: Tennessee Dog Fighting
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Navigating a sea of lies and manipulation, animal rights activist Chris DeRose works with informants to bring both rural and inner city dog fighters to justice.
2012x8
Martian Mega Rover
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Documenting the development of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cal., and the November 26, 2011, launch of the craft, which is scheduled to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.
2012x14
Mystery of Easter Island
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Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722.

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