CuriosityStream

Segments include: Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, CaddyTrek, EH Line Crawlerbike, Zero S Motorcycle.

How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.

The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.

A look at how globalization leads to competition for the same resources, putting the planet under pressure but also creating opportunities.

Segments include: LIT Motors C-1, Liquipel, Ciclotte, Hanebrink All-Terrain Bike, Tushek Supercars.

Segments include: McLaren MP4-12c, MWE Emperor 1510 Workstation, ZBoard, EB Racing 1190 RS.

Segments include: Rimac Automobili Concept_One, Quinting Watches, Buben & Zorweg Watch Winders and Safes, Sea-Doo.

Segments include: Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, CaddyTrek, EH Line Crawlerbike, Zero S Motorcycle.

How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.

The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.

A look at how globalization leads to competition for the same resources, putting the planet under pressure but also creating opportunities.

Segments include: LIT Motors C-1, Liquipel, Ciclotte, Hanebrink All-Terrain Bike, Tushek Supercars.

Segments include: McLaren MP4-12c, MWE Emperor 1510 Workstation, ZBoard, EB Racing 1190 RS.

Segments include: Rimac Automobili Concept_One, Quinting Watches, Buben & Zorweg Watch Winders and Safes, Sea-Doo.

Segments include: Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, CaddyTrek, EH Line Crawlerbike, Zero S Motorcycle.

How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.

The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.

A look at how globalization leads to competition for the same resources, putting the planet under pressure but also creating opportunities.

Segments include: LIT Motors C-1, Liquipel, Ciclotte, Hanebrink All-Terrain Bike, Tushek Supercars.

Segments include: McLaren MP4-12c, MWE Emperor 1510 Workstation, ZBoard, EB Racing 1190 RS.

Segments include: Rimac Automobili Concept_One, Quinting Watches, Buben & Zorweg Watch Winders and Safes, Sea-Doo.

Segments include: Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, CaddyTrek, EH Line Crawlerbike, Zero S Motorcycle.

How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.

The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.

The burst of the enormous tulip bubble in 1637 Netherlands serves as reminder of how quickly financial holdings and futures can rise or drop.

When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.

The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free; a futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up the cubicle as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential.

Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China, and it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.

Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State; in the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom the likes of which America had never seen before.

In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.

In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.

During WWII, Actress Hedy Lamarr, deemed the world's most beautiful woman, invented a technology that laid the groundwork for the wireless internet of today.

The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times but that changed when a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video and set the foundation for the era of Netflix.