Incredible Feats

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Incredible Feats episodes

July 09, 2021 Don’t Go Jumpin’ Waterfalls
Known as America’s first daredevil, Sam Patch had a penchant for jumping into waterfalls. And there was one particular waterfall he needed to conquer: Niagara Falls.

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8 min
July 08, 2021 Michael Jordan’s NBA Finals Flu Game
He was up all night vomiting, but you wouldn't have known it from the way Michael Jordan performed in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.

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8 min
July 07, 2021 Bowling With The Boys
After winning the first-ever Women’s PBA Championship, Kelly Kulick got the opportunity to compete against the men. And she didn’t just beat them. She destroyed them.

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8 min
July 06, 2021 Running The Gauntlet In The Boston Marathon
Kathrine Switzer set out to be the first woman to legally run the Boston Marathon. No one was gonna make it easy for her — but who could’ve predicted the bodyslams?

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8 min
July 05, 2021 Pinky Pull-Up Prince
Thirty-six pull-ups would be a personal record for most people. But Tazio il Biondo isn't like most people. He set a Guinness record with 36 consecutive pull-ups… using just his two pinky fingers.

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8 min
July 02, 2021 Harriet Tubman’s Top-Secret Military Mission
In 1863, a colonel in the Union Army approached Harriet Tubman with a dangerous mission: rescue hundreds of enslaved people from inside Confederate territory. She accepted, becoming the only woman to lead a Civil War military operation.

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8 min
July 01, 2021 Baseball Legend Joins Secret WWII Invasion
Before he was drafted by the New York Yankees, Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was drafted by the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II.

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8 min
June 30, 2021 Double Agent Secures Revolutionary Victory
Born into slavery, James Armistead risked his life to help secure an American victory in the Revolutionary War.

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7 min
June 29, 2021 Cracking The Enigma Code
The British military needed to crack the German Enigma Code to win World War II. It had nearly 159 quintillion solutions. They called on Alan Turing.

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8 min
June 28, 2021 Wooden-Legged Spy Hikes 50 Miles To Escape Nazis
American spy Virginia Hall braved the Pyrenees Mountains in November to escape the Gestapo, who called her “The Enemy’s Most Dangerous Spy.”

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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…