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NEPAL QUAKE: TERROR ON EVEREST - Ruins of Kanjin Gompa, a village in the Langtang Valley destroyed b... - NEPAL QUAKE: TERROR ON EVEREST
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- NEPAL QUAKE: TERROR ON EVEREST - Ruins of Kanjin Gompa, a village in the Langtang Valley destroyed by a landslide. NEPAL QUAKE: TERROR ON EVEREST, a one-hour special premiering Monday, June 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel, tells the story of the quake and its aftermath through eyewitness testimony of survivors in Kathmandu and on Mount Everest, and also explores the science behind the tragic disaster. - Photo: Kat Heldman/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_NepalQuake_18_KanjinGompa2
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MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Rollercoaster... - MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION
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- MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Rollercoaster, Sandusky Ohio from My Million Dollar Invention: Shock & Awe. - The series kicks off with the stories of four men whose inventions shocked the world: the Ouija Board, dynamite, the electric chair and roller coasters. "Talking Boards" were an uncanny pastime that gripped a mourning nation after the Civil War, until a Baltimore fertilizer salesman named Charles Kennard devised a way to mass market the idea of communicating with the "other side." Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, spurred by the death of his brother to find a safer, less volatile explosive, ushered in the industrial age of mining and railroads with the invention of dynamite. The electric chair is borne out of a hanging gone wrong and the need for a humane execution method, and involves a much larger story of two great rivals and innovation giants--Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse -- and their competition over whose electrical system would power America, AC or DC. The thrill of rollercoasters was brought to us in the 1880s by a religious underwear manufacturer, LaMarcus Thompson, who was looking to give people wholesome entertainment. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - Million_Dollar_Invention/SmithsonianChannel_MDI_SA_23
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MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Paul Worsey w... - MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION
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- MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Paul Worsey with Dynamite Stick from My Million Dollar Invention: Shock & Awe. - The series kicks off with the stories of four men whose inventions shocked the world: the Ouija Board, dynamite, the electric chair and roller coasters. "Talking Boards" were an uncanny pastime that gripped a mourning nation after the Civil War, until a Baltimore fertilizer salesman named Charles Kennard devised a way to mass market the idea of communicating with the "other side." Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, spurred by the death of his brother to find a safer, less volatile explosive, ushered in the industrial age of mining and railroads with the invention of dynamite. The electric chair is borne out of a hanging gone wrong and the need for a humane execution method, and involves a much larger story of two great rivals and innovation giants--Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse -- and their competition over whose electrical system would power America, AC or DC. The thrill of rollercoasters was brought to us in the 1880s by a religious underwear manufacturer, LaMarcus Thompson, who was looking to give people wholesome entertainment. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - Million_Dollar_Invention/SmithsonianChannel_MDI_SA_20
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MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Ouija In Use... - MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION
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- MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Ouija In Use by Sipei Benson (Elijah Bond) from My Million Dollar Invention: Shock & Awe. - The series kicks off with the stories of four men whose inventions shocked the world: the Ouija Board, dynamite, the electric chair and roller coasters. "Talking Boards" were an uncanny pastime that gripped a mourning nation after the Civil War, until a Baltimore fertilizer salesman named Charles Kennard devised a way to mass market the idea of communicating with the "other side." Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, spurred by the death of his brother to find a safer, less volatile explosive, ushered in the industrial age of mining and railroads with the invention of dynamite. The electric chair is borne out of a hanging gone wrong and the need for a humane execution method, and involves a much larger story of two great rivals and innovation giants--Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse -- and their competition over whose electrical system would power America, AC or DC. The thrill of rollercoasters was brought to us in the 1880s by a religious underwear manufacturer, LaMarcus Thompson, who was looking to give people wholesome entertainment. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - Million_Dollar_Invention/SmithsonianChannel_MDI_SA_18
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MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Electric Chai... - MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION
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- MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION: SHOCK & AWE - Premiere: Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT - Electric Chair Shadows from My Million Dollar Invention: Shock & Awe. - The series kicks off with the stories of four men whose inventions shocked the world: the Ouija Board, dynamite, the electric chair and roller coasters. "Talking Boards" were an uncanny pastime that gripped a mourning nation after the Civil War, until a Baltimore fertilizer salesman named Charles Kennard devised a way to mass market the idea of communicating with the "other side." Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, spurred by the death of his brother to find a safer, less volatile explosive, ushered in the industrial age of mining and railroads with the invention of dynamite. The electric chair is borne out of a hanging gone wrong and the need for a humane execution method, and involves a much larger story of two great rivals and innovation giants--Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse -- and their competition over whose electrical system would power America, AC or DC. The thrill of rollercoasters was brought to us in the 1880s by a religious underwear manufacturer, LaMarcus Thompson, who was looking to give people wholesome entertainment. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MDI_SA_09
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E2
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E11
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E10
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E1
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E7
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E5
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MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been... - MUMMIES ALIVE
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- MUMMIES ALIVE: THE GUNSLINGER MUMMY - Premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This mummy has been on display at a Seattle curiosity shop since the 1950s. According to one legend, he was an American Wild West cowboy, killed 120 years ago in a saloon shootout. He's got what appears to be a bullet hole in his stomach, but using CT imaging technology and state-of-the-art virtual autopsy techniques, investigators piece together a new and surprising story; one involving a notorious con man, the sideshow circuit, and a lesson on how to turn a buck using the myth of the Old West. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2015 - SmithsonianChannel_MA_E3_E4
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A scene from DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES: David Attenborough h... - DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES
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- A scene from DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES: David Attenborough holding a Juramaia fossil. Smithsonian Channel will premiere the two-part series DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS -- TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES on Wednesday, May 13 at 8 and 9 p.m. ET/PT. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel SmithsonianChannel-SmithsonianChannel_RiseOfAnimals_David2
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A scene from DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES: David Attenborough h... - DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES
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- A scene from DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS - TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES: David Attenborough holding a hadrocodium fossil. Smithsonian Channel will premiere the two-part series DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS -- TRIUMPH OF THE VERTEBRATES on Wednesday, May 13 at 8 and 9 p.m. ET/PT. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel SmithsonianChannel-SmithsonianChannel_RiseOfAnimals_David1
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110302_MILLER_2800
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110103_SENIOR_0695
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110206_PLATES_2646
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110206_PLATES_2610
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110205_GROUP_2537
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110205_GROUP_2530
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110205_GROUP_2219
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-Boomtowners
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110205_GROUP_2118
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110303_SENIORS_3072
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The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota a... - BOOMTOWNERS
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- The oil boom that has been drawing thousands of workers to the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel docu-series. BOOMTOWNERS, comprised of six one-hour episodes, will debut Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. - - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel-14110201_SUNRISE_1114