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Yes! That Really Did Happen

Jon Phenicie
Yes! That Really Did Happen
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  • The Story of the NS Savannah the Worlds First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship
    Ever wonder why Cargo Ships are not Nuclear Powered? The story of the NS Savannah might be the answer.
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  • Jet Powered Trains? Yes they have been built.
    In what can only be described as the locomotive equivalent of a Wiley Coyote ACME product, we explore what happens when you strap a jet engine to the roof of a train car.
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  • Nuclear Powered Aircraft? Yes, we really did try that!
    What ways can you power an aircraft? Turbine power, yes, piston power yes, Air Cooled Nuclear Reactor...........OH HELL NO!
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  • Silver Thursday, Market Manipulation or Currency Paranoia?
    In 1980 the Hunt Brothers controlled 2/3rds of the world's privately held Silver Bullion Market. was it market manipulation or fear of the us economy crashing?
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  • The Crash at Crush what passed for entertianment in 1896
    Have you ever used the term "It's like watching a train wreck?" Well in the late 19th century people paid good money to do exactly that. in 1896 People paid the equivalent of $130 do watch two locomotives crash
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Exploring the strange, bizarre and interesting stories that sound like fiction but really did happen.
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