In 1923, Frederick Banting and John McLeod won the Nobel Prize for their invention of Insulin. But this story is far from simple. Today we're breaking down how this amazing medical discovery came to be and how a lucky coin toss ended one medical student in the history books. You'll want to stick around!

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00:00 Intro

01:40 Toronto General Hospital in 1920s

03:14 Frederick Banting took a job as teaching assistant

06:45 John Mcleod gives Banting 10 dogs and a medical student

09:53 Leonard Thompson is the first patient ever given Insulin

13:11 Insulin is given away for a cost of $1

Today we're talking about one of the most famous rivalries in human history. And it might be the reason we have pretty robust electrical networks these days. This story is filled with rivalries, betrayal, triumph, and ultimate bragging rights for the winner. Oh, and one of them electrocuted actual animals.

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Edison vs. Tesla vs. Westinghouse

03:11 Harold Brown electrocutes actual animals

05:37 William Kemmler botched execution

07:15 Westinghouse wins the Chicago Fair contract

09:31 What happened to Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse?

10:35 What is the Takeaway?

The story of Marie Curie is something out of a Hollywood movie. 2 Nobel prizes in two different disciplines - the only scientist to ever do so. Even going as far as taking her own daughter, Irene, into the WW1 battlefields. If you don't know this story, you're in for a treat.

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00:00 Intro

01:11 Marie Curie born in Warsaw, Poland

04:06 Marie Curie Invents the little curies cars

05:49 Over 1 million soldiers are treated using the mobile xray cars

7:07 Marie kept radium as a nightlight

9:14 Marie Curie's body is still radioactive

The Manhattan Project was one of the most impactful and secretive projects that the US government had ever executed. But after the famous Trinity Test, it had some pretty wild consequences even to this day. In this week's episode, we look at this project form a few, lesser known, angles. Hope you enjoy it.

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Discover new longer episodes every Wednesday. And "Quick Adventures" 5-minute stories every Monday.00:00 Intro02:09 The Manhattan Project Famous Bet05:39 Ted Hall and Soldiers In The Truck07:18 The Downwinders Nobody Warned09:50 The Secret Cities Built for The Manhattan Project13:32 Ted Hall and The Soviet Spy16:23 Outro

The Titanic is not a story about an iceberg. It's a story about people, egos, money, corporate greed, and a whole lot of very human mistakes. It’s 1912, I want you to picture a small little room on the top deck of the largest ship in the world, this room is barely bigger than a closet. It’s crammed, it’s humid, and inside of it are two young men who are absolutely exhausted, wearing headphones, tapping away at a telegraph machine for hours on end. You'll want to stick around to see how this one ends.

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5-minute story to get your week started! The Hubble Telescope was one of the most incredible technologies ever created. But when the first photographs came back, there something off. It required an entire mission just to fix it.

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Today's story is about the first time in human history that two continents could talk to each other in minutes instead of weeks, and you're about to find out how badly, and how many times, it all went wrong before it went right. The laying of the first ever Transatlantic Cable is a story meant for Hollywood! This one has everything - betrayal, suspense, big ships, and snapping cables that plunge down to the bottom of the ocean. You'll want to stick around to see how this one ends.

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00:00 Intro

03:14 1: Cyrus West Field, Fredrick Gisborne, and the globe in his library

07:06 2: The Cable Cabinet Committee in 1856

08:44 3: Transatlantic Cable first attempt (August 1857)

10:10 4: Transatlantic Cable second attempt (June 1858)

12:00 5: Transatlantic Cable third attempt (July 1858)

13:25 6: Celebration that burned down New York's City Hall

14:57 7: Wildman Whitehouse cranks up the voltage

17:47 8: 1861 plan stop due to the civil war

18:55 9: Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Eastern

21:35 10: Mystery spikes found inside the transatlantic cable

23:55 11: Transatlantic cable snaps again and is lost in the ocean

25:06 12: Cyrus Field gets redemption, final connection is made

26:15 13: Retrieval of the lost Transatlantic Cable

28:06 14: Outro

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A quick story to get your week started. I publish these every Monday on the Adventures In History along with a longer deep dive every Wednesday.

The eruption at Mount St. Helens was one of the most incredible volcanic eruptions ever captured in the history books. This event completely redrew the geological landscape of the area. You'll definitely remember this one!

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