Incredible Feats

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Incredible Feats episodes

June 25, 2021 Project Excelsior: The First Stratosphere Dive
Can humans survive over 100,000 feet above sea level? In 1960, U.S. Air Force captain Joseph Kittinger had to find that out for himself… and then skydive back to Earth.

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9 min
June 24, 2021 The Fittest Woman On Earth
Annie Thorisdottir was looking for a sport that was exciting and that she could dominate. When she found Crossfit, it was “game over” for other competitors.

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9 min
June 23, 2021 Teenager Invents Water-Skiing
A love of snow-skiing combined with a love of aquaplaning on the local lake led teenager Ralph Samuelson to invent a new sport. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

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8 min
June 22, 2021 First Woman In Space
Becoming the first woman to fly into outer space was relatively easy for Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The challenging part was making sure she would also be the first woman to return from outer space safely.

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8 min
June 21, 2021 Extreme Shallow Diving
Imagine diving off a platform almost 38 feet in the air and landing in water only 1 foot deep. Sound impossible? It is, unless you're Darren Taylor… aka Professor Splash.

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8 min
June 18, 2021 “The Guy Who Cut His Arm Off”
When hiker Aron Ralston’s right arm got wedged between an 800 pound boulder and the canyon wall, he was forced to do the unthinkable.

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9 min
June 17, 2021 World’s Fastest Sprinter
How does one become the fastest man in the world? Why, chicken nuggets, of course.

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8 min
June 16, 2021 Snowboarding In Antarctica
After snowboarding down all the highest peaks that helicopters could reach, Jeremy Jones had to find a new place to descend. Somewhere nobody had ever snowboarded before.

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7 min
June 15, 2021 A Pilot Episode
Goaded on by her brother’s taunts, Bessie Coleman crossed an ocean to learn how to fly. She broke boundaries as a pilot — then went on to perfect daring stunts, too.

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8 min
June 14, 2021 Hold Up. How Many Grammys?
Ever since she started with Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé has been piling up Grammys — more than any other singer in history.

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7 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…