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Copper transports electricity, water, and heat while being essential for survival yet killing microbes; this versatile metal conducts electricity globally, revolutionizes electronics, forms plumbing pipes, creates beautiful roofs, and more.

Copper transports electricity, water, and heat while being essential for survival yet killing microbes; this versatile metal conducts electricity globally, revolutionizes electronics, forms plumbing pipes, creates beautiful roofs, and more.

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S17, EP7 "Strangest Countdown"

A gooey slime that could be a terrorist's worst nightmare; an exacting art form requiring the help of millions of ravenous beetles; a devise so strange and destructive that its inventor allegedly destroyed it to avert a catastrophe.

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S16, EP2 "Grease"

The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory; new advances are working towards for grease.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
7 seasons available on demand
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