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The Unlikely
True stories that sound impossible, and real what-ifs followed to their strangest end. The Unlikely explores the moments where history almost went differently, the survivors who beat impossible odds, and the hidden science behind the world around us. From the man who survived both atomic bombs to the deal that turned New Amsterdam into New York, every episode is researched, fact-checked and told as a story. New episodes every week. Watch or listen, whichever suits you.
Episodes
- The Unlikely
Toba: The Volcano That Almost Erased Every Human on Earth
74,000 years ago, the Toba supervolcano in Sumatra exploded in one of the largest eruptions of the last two million years. Ash fell across continents, and for…
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs
On August 6, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Three days later, back home in Nagasaki, he survived the second one. This is the…
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What If the Dutch Never Gave Up New York?
In 1667, the Dutch gave up New Amsterdam, and it became New York City. But what if they never had? First, the real story: Henry Hudson and the Half Moon, the…
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What If Earth Stopped Spinning? Losing Our 24-Hour Day
If Earth's rotation stopped, the planet would halt. You wouldn't. This isn't a sci-fi gimmick. It's a physics cascade: winds faster than the speed of sound, an…
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What Happens If GPS Goes Dark for 30 Days?
At midnight, GPS goes dark. Not slower. Not inaccurate. Gone. This episode follows a 30-day satellite navigation blackout hour by hour, as a stress test of the…
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How a Submarine Really Disappears Beneath the Waves
A steel bolt sinks. A steel ship floats. A submarine has to do both: dive on command, hover at exactly the right depth, and rise again whenever it chooses. The…