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How Refrigerators Work
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Without the refrigerator, you'd be salting your meat, tossing leftovers and drinking everything warm. Examine the inner workings of this food-preservation icon.
How Wildfires Work
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Wildfires burn about five million acres in the U.S. every year. Learn about the causes of wildfires, how wildfires behave and how firefighters fight them.
How Elevators Work
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In action movies, elevators regularly plummet to the basement, landing in a spectacular ball of fire. Is this possible? There are some sophisticated engineering techniques at work behind every elevator ride you take.
How Sequence Works
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Sequence is half board game, half card game -- half strategy, half luck. So what rules, history and restraining orders make the game work as a whole?
How Spies Work
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Spying is a tense and often deadly way for governments to gather secret information from their enemies. Learn how spies are recruited and how they obtain information.
How Tabloids Work
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Tabloids cover everything from celebrity scandals to the outrageously bizarre. Learn how tabloids find stories, how tabloids avoid lawsuits and tabloid history.
How Coffee Works
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This stimulant drink comes from beans that are roasted and ground and, for many of us, it's a staple of life. But do you know where coffee grows and how it gets to America? How a French roast differs from an Italian roast? What a coffee cherry is? Or how decaffeinated coffee is made?
How Pyromania Works
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Pryomania, or fascination with fires, is a controversial topic. Learn what causes pyromania, how pyromania can be treated and how common it is.
How Dictators Work
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Dictators make controversial, violent news. But who are these dictators? We'll explore what makes a dictator, from how dictatorships started to how they usually end.
How Hangovers Work
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Think the 'hair of the dog that bit you' is your road to hangover salvation? Think again! Find out what really works for that hangover.