Incredible Feats

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Incredible Feats episodes

January 22, 2021 142 Days Buried Alive
What would you do to keep a family legacy alive? Geoff Smith spent over four months living underground after his mom’s record was broken by an American.

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7 min
January 21, 2021 The Magic Of A Comeback
With a terminal and highly stigmatized diagnosis, Magic Johnson rallied to play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game… and was named Most Valuable Player.

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8 min
January 20, 2021 Surviving Back-To-Back Avalanches
Ken Jones’s solo hike in Romania became a fight for survival when he was engulfed by twin avalanches and forced to crawl for days to find help.

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7 min
January 19, 2021 First Female Fortune 500 CEO
When Katharine Graham was installed as head of a small D.C. newspaper, she turned it into a historic institution, publishing risky journalism that changed the course of American politics.

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8 min
January 18, 2021 Battle Of The Brians
It was Brian vs. Brian at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, where only one could be crowned the best male figure skating champion in the world.

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7 min
January 15, 2021 World’s Tallest Bridge Saves A Village
A French engineer and a British architect teamed up in 1993 to design and build the Millau Viaduct — a record-breaking bridge that spans a gorge.

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7 min
January 14, 2021 Pitching A No-Hitter, One-Handed
Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott — who was born without a right hand — pitched a no-hitter in a 1993 game against the Cleveland Indians.

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8 min
January 13, 2021 110 Rounds In The Ring
In 1893, boxing matches didn’t end until someone was knocked out — explaining how Andy Bowen and Jack Burke once boxed for over seven hours.

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7 min
January 12, 2021 The Ultimate Trust Fall
In a breath-taking stunt, daredevil Travis Pastrana put his life in the hands of three near-strangers when he went skydiving without a parachute.

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8 min
January 11, 2021 Mother Of Modern Physics
Marie Curie’s discoveries saved millions of lives — at the expense of her own.

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8 min

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They’ve broken records, made history, and turned the impossible into the incredible. Every weekday, join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles amazing achievements made by people from all over the…