On the Spot (2011)

How the brain works; the effects of caffeine; an up-close look at dinosaurs.

The history of the circus and cinema; the vitaphone; some pretty bad ideas.

Flying like a superhero; a simple invention that has saved thousands of lives; the vacuum of space.

Roswell, N.M.; the history of domestic life; surprising statistics

S.O.S.; traveling in a crazy contraption; spectacular cities.

Solving everyday problems; the chances of surviving just about anything; bees.

The 17th century accessory that is still worn today; pop culture; the fastest way to get from country to country.

Diseases; sewer gators; world wonders.

Changing a knight into a tank; the world's fastest animal; science oddities.

The River Thames; origins of machines; an ancient bartering system.

What makes a clock tick and turn; some of the world's most visited landmarks; extreme sports that surf Earth's terrain.

This episode has no summary.

This episode has no summary.

A natural gas that can sink a ship; patents held in Thomas Edison's name; inventions.

The state that celebrates Popcorn Day; what a didgeridoo is; the largest orchestra ever to play.

America's first spy ring; intelligence-gathering machines; the real James Bond.

Notorious pirates; what a blunderbuss is; what a pirate's buried treasure would be worth today.

Mysteries of the mind; the history of the hamburger; death-defying acts.