Factomania - Season 1

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Fire Tornado

1 - Fire Tornado

Air Date: May 14, 2014

Greg checks out Archimedes' plan for a death ray in 214BC, while Fran investigates 'déjà vu'.

Compost Go-Cart

2 - Compost Go-Cart

Air Date: May 21, 2014

Fran finds out how 157 people have fallen from planes and survived without parachutes since 1900.

Exploding flour

3 - Exploding flour

Air Date: May 28, 2014

Will moles, cockroaches or alien bacteria inherit Earth post nuclear fallout?

Rocket on Zipwire

4 - Rocket on Zipwire

Air Date: June 4, 2014

Greg looks at a space hotel that lets guests see 16 sunsets and sunrises in 24 hours.

Jet Engine

5 - Jet Engine

Air Date: June 11, 2014

Dom smashes Viking myths when he finds out more about them, such as having their own parliament.

Gunpowder

6 - Gunpowder

Air Date: June 18, 2014

Fran mixes a few anvils with a little gunpowder and Dom investigates Leif Erikson.

Hoover

7 - Hoover

Air Date: June 25, 2014

Did you know the vending machine was invented in the 1st century AD?

Hooverboard - Steam Cannon

8 - Hooverboard - Steam Cannon

Air Date: July 2, 2014

Fran investigates a Scottish island that had to be quarantined for 48 years.

Hindenburg

9 - Hindenburg

Air Date: July 9, 2014

Dom finds out which German spy was an inspiration for Bond, James Bond.

Fruit and Veg Cannon

10 - Fruit and Veg Cannon

Air Date: July 16, 2014

Greg drops into a volcano to discover they explode with 24 megatons of thermal energy.