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Workers keep the floating city of Venice, Italy free of trash.

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📆 Wed 18:55 — 2026-09-02

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The sweet treat of Turkish delight is made with a centuries-old recipe.

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The secrets behind creating canvases for painting are revealed.

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Beehives are created that increase honey production.

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Workers produce heat-proof glass with the help of a rare mineral.

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A Scandinavian liquor travels around the world before it is consumed.

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Experts reveal how they prepare a new port for large ships.

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The world's most expensive vinegar takes years to manufacture.

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Ultra-efficient cars are built from cutting-edge steel.

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Soybeans are turned into mattresses, and workers manufacture airline seats.

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Power-station fumes help produce plasterboard.

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Workers manufacture millions of safe and sound-resistant car windows.

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Apples are turned into a liquor that is almost as old as the United States.

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Nickel is mined to make coins, and bubbles are harvested for bubble tea.

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Precious opal is mined beneath one of the hottest deserts in the world.

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Trees are turned into toilet paper with the help of machines and trash.

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Workers manufacture one of the world's most powerful locomotives.

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Sardines are caught, cooked and canned by the billions.

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Lush, green salad is grown on scorching desert plains.

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The world's biggest planes are repainted and re-branded.

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Workers unblock and flush out millions of tons of waste from city sewers.

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Metalworkers cast bells, and dates are harvested from desert oases.

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World-famous Russian nesting dolls are carved from tree trunks.

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Workers create the strongest ball bearings in the business.

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Saffron that costs almost as much as gold is farmed.

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Titanic engineering is used to produce the world's biggest tires.

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Lion costumes are created for Chinese martial artists.

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The biggest bulk-cargo ships in the world are built.

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Wreckers strong enough to lift tractor trailers are built.

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Pistachios are grown, harvested and processed by the billions.

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Marble is cut from mountains to make great buildings shine.

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One of the toughest trucks in the world is built in Russia.

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Manure is used to make one of the world's most expensive coffees.

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Goat skins are turned into luxury leather goods.

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Creating America's best-selling multi-tool; building the world's fastest racing car; the classic Finnish Aalto vase.

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Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.

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How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.

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How traditional Tennessee whiskey is made; how night-vision goggles work; how Finns relax in a 160-degree sauna.

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How a working miniature airport is built; designing a house to survive a hurricane; growing rhubarb in the dark.

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Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.

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Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.

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How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains.

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Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.

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Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.

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Manufacturers give a behind-the-scenes look at the chart-topping, six-string star of rock and roll; the motorsports secrets to racing around the clock with a road car turned endurance racer; the popular seafood spread made from cod roe.

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Building a life raft that will hold 150 people; golfers improve their shots with mind control; designing Jubilee postage stamps.

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A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream.

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How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.

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Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks.

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Swedish, German and English industries produce the oldest man-made fiber.

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How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car.

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A skydiving suit that makes a man fly; making the world's smelliest food; turning weeds into walls.

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How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.

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Experts reveal how regular cars are modified to race on dangerous circuits.

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Astronauts train for weightlessness and fire fighters battle forest fires.

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The world's largest land-mining machine; how airboats are built; warehouse for car parts.

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The crew of a nuclear submarine reveal how they stay safe during a fire.

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Fighter pilots reveal how they perform incredible stunts without crashing.

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Trash from a huge St. Patrick's Day party is turned into electricity.

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Workers discuss how they turn rodent hair into a rodeo hat.

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Workers reveal how they keep an airport running in freezing temperatures.

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One of the world's biggest hotels caters to over 2,000 guests daily.

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The technology behind special suits worn by jet fighters is revealed.

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Workers drill through half a mile of solid rock.

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The secrets behind keeping jumbo jets in the air are revealed.

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An old warship is turned into a playground for scuba divers.

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Robots that can assemble a car in a minute are built by humans.

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Workers produce the giant propellers that push the world's biggest ships.

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Workers blast through solid rock beneath a South African city.

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Clothing is made to handle the high temperatures of a blast furnace.

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Explosive rockets are used to catch planes in mid-air.

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Workers maintain the biggest aquarium on the planet.

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Dirt is used to put the stainless in stainless steel.

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A rare metal is turned into rechargeable batteries.

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Blades are built tough enough for military helicopters.