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Tooth Samples Reveal Scope of Justinianic Plague

Scientists analyze DNA from tooth samples collected from dig sites across Europe, dating to the Late Roman Empire, and identify Yersinia pestis – the bacteria that causes the Black Plague. Gradually they map where they’re finding plague, noting that, based on the succession of waves of illness, the epidemic lasted roughly a century.
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The End of the Romans - S18 E6

Is history repeating Itself? Follow an in-depth investigation into the decline of the Roman Empire, three deadly epidemics and climate change could have caused its collapse - drawing frightening parallels to today.

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Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws - S19 E5

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A look at the science and conditions surrounding the Hindenburg explosion and 10 flaws that directly led to the 1937 disaster.

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