On the Spot - Season 6
Season 6
Episodes
Mad Science, Inventions, Bad Ideas
Bizarre therapies; how an in-ear thermometer detects temperature; bad ideas about cleaning.
Globetrotting, Get Creative, Problem & Solution
How New York got its nickname; chewing-gum sculptures; creative solutions to NASA's problems in space.
Now and Then, Identify This, Surprising Stats
Prehistoric dentists; identifying cool animals; smartphone statistics.
Inventions, In Sickness & In Health, Dinosaurs
Why an extra month was added to the calendar; diseases that affect both humans and animals; the size of a stegosaurus brain.
Extreme Sports, Into the Wild, Origins
A high-altitude race; animals in myths and folklore; a military invention.
Oddities, Health & Fitness, The World In Numbers
Odd acts in traveling sideshows; how long it takes to feel the effects of caffeine; the origins of Wall Street.
Get Creative, What Could Have Been, Ridiculous Theories
The first flying device that could carry people; doomsday prophecies; a theory involving water.
Mad Science, Problem & Solution, Bad Ideas
What a Jacob's ladder is; ways to keep pesky insects out; why fluoroscopes were a bad idea in shoe stores.
On the Brain, Oddities, Extreme Sports
The amount of neurons in the human brain; oddities in geometric figures; an extreme sport brought on by a California drought.
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