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Remember the huge "Brick" cell phone? Remember testing your skills at Pac-Man, Rubik's Cube and Simon? Remember your Sony Walkman and the very first music CDs? Remember all the new and exciting gadgets of the 1980s? We do. It was the transition from the industrial age to the information age. A digital decade dedicated to ergonomics and entertainment. Big hair, big shoulder padsŒËand no Big Brother. The microchip ushered in an era that would forever revolutionize the way we work, play and communicate. Goodbye, pencil, paper and secretary. Hello, PC. Out with the record player and family Scrabble night. In with the Walkman and Gameboy. Video games and mobile technology burst on to the scene, and we were ready.

Two weeks after Pearl Harbor… A courageous, rag-tag band of American mercenaries dare to challenge the over-whelming might of the Japanese Air Force. The legendary “Flying Tigers” slash through the skies of China, and help vanquish the unstoppable Japanese. Follow leading Tiger aces Tex Hill and John Alison as their P-40 Tomahawks fight to the death against the agile Japanese 1-97 Nate.

Mysterious and bizarre deaths happen when an amateur prospector searches for lost Aztec treasure. Is this the curse of Montezuma’s Treasure at work?

Factory Made takes you to a factory that has helped transform the construction business. Then, find out how old carpet becomes new again! And, rocket science - how the ball-point pen of the astronauts is made.

Factory Made shows you how a printing press produces five million dollars worth of stamps in 3 days. Then, a trip to a company that makes motorcycles to cruise the open road. And - a distillery brews juice from a Mexican plant into top-notch tequila.

This countdown special kisses the conventional goodbye, raiding the Modern Marvels archives for the most bizarre wonders we've ever presented. Our top ten contenders demonstrate that the inside scoop on innovation often lies outside the norm. You'll be scratching your head at the weird assortment of oddities--technologies ranging from a gooey slime that could be a terrorist's worst nightmare...to an exacting art form requiring the help of millions of ravenous beetles. The final destination at number 1: a devise so strange and destructive that its inventor allegedly destroyed it to avert a catastrophe.

The variety of jobs in America is endless--but some have to be seen to be believed. Our countdown of the top ten most fascinating jobs from our archives proves how daring and innovative the American worker can be. A nationwide quest finds amazing jobholders in the wild blue yonder and the depths of a secret underworld...in occupations ranging from the daffy to the dangerous to the downright creepy. And at the end of our journey, we find two business partners performing a job so perilous that one misstep can be deadly.

America has always prided itself on its technological strength--and this countdown embarks on an odyssey featuring the strongest of the strong. Whether they lift, pull, hold or haul, every heavy-duty titan among our top ten choices has the muscle to reshape our world. Our contenders take our cameras on land, sea and air as they push the limits of power and endurance beyond the imaginable. And our choice at number 1 pulses with so much strength it could destroy our other nine finalists with one push of a button.

Big Al risks his health to break even; Nika’s brother Daylen makes a surprising decision; Ken and Guillaume dig deep; Karl tries to top his goal.

Reed is so excited to use his new probe cannon that he has trouble perfecting his aim when he's confronted with a series of tornadoes. While he does succeed in getting a probe into a tornado, the tornado carries the probe too far and the team is unable to retrieve it. While Tim is away, the TWISTEX team weathers some strange atmospheric occurrences in South Dakota and gets pinned between two violent twisters but get out safely. Sean and Josh Wurman agree that TIV2 may continue operating, but only if it maintains a 75-mile distance from VORTEX2, which leads to frustration when both teams target the same storms with VORTEX2 actually switching storms to Sean's after taking one storm, forcing Sean's team to back off when they had a good chance at an intercept.

Producer Bruce Nash ("Most Shocking") is behind this adrenaline-fueled series that features civilians and law enforcement officers in risky, selfless rescue missions. Each one-hour episode presents an account of a rescue effort from the dual perspectives of hero and victim.

Producer Bruce Nash ("Most Shocking") is behind this adrenaline-fueled series that features civilians and law enforcement officers in risky, selfless rescue missions. Each one-hour episode presents an account of a rescue effort from the dual perspectives of hero and victim.

Producer Bruce Nash ("Most Shocking") is behind this adrenaline-fueled series that features civilians and law enforcement officers in risky, selfless rescue missions. Each one-hour episode presents an account of a rescue effort from the dual perspectives of hero and victim.

Producer Bruce Nash ("Most Shocking") is behind this adrenaline-fueled series that features civilians and law enforcement officers in risky, selfless rescue missions. Each one-hour episode presents an account of a rescue effort from the dual perspectives of hero and victim.

Producer Bruce Nash ("Most Shocking") is behind this adrenaline-fueled series that features civilians and law enforcement officers in risky, selfless rescue missions. Each one-hour episode presents an account of a rescue effort from the dual perspectives of hero and victim.

Big Al risks his health to break even; Nika’s brother Daylen makes a surprising decision; Ken and Guillaume dig deep; Karl tries to top his goal.