
How Stuff Works Episode Rating Graph
Nov 2008 - present

Nov 2008 - present
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HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go 'round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt from the earth. Equally amazing is the number of different and varied products that can be derived from something so fundamental. Follow the incredible journey of these goods from the ground to your dinner table, car, closet, medicine cabinet and places you may have never imagined.
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S1 Ep1
1.0
13th Nov 2008
Let’s get right to the point: Corn is much more than a backyard barbecue side dish. In fact, there are more than 3,500 different uses for corn products: Chewing gum, peanut butter, vitamins, paint, antibiotics and ethanol fuel are just few examples.
S1 Ep2
20th Nov 2008
According to the University of Illinois Extension, 97 percent of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving, and 87 percent of people in the U.K. eat turkey at Christmas. Roasting up a big bird is a treat -- it's probably fair to say that many of these noshers look forward to their meaty meals long before the holidays.
S1 Ep3
4th Dec 2008
Log cabins may be a historical footnote and fossil fuels may reign supreme, but forests remain critical natural resources. What does the future hold for Paul Bunyan's favorite industry?
S1 Ep4
11th Dec 2008
You could call water a liquid paradox.
S1 Ep5
18th Dec 2008
Barley, water, hops and yeast might not sound like a recipe for success, but to the beer connoisseur, the fine balance of those four ingredients is the stuff of legend.
S1 Ep6
8th Jan 2009
If you need a handy metal, you can't get much better than aluminum.
S1 Ep7
15th Jan 2009
Nutritional and versatile, wheat isn't just for food anymore. Explore its surprising uses in everything from brewing beverages to building houses.
S1 Ep8
22nd Jan 2009
From Columbia to coffeehouses we talk to farmers, baristas, and everyone in between about the incredible beverage that fuels the World.
S1 Ep9
29th Jan 2009
We delve into the science of salt, the prehistoric, life-sustaining mineral that has 14,000 known uses from seasoning food to so much more.
S1 Ep10
12th Feb 2009
Durable, flexible, waterproof, and of course, bouncy, rubber is versatile enough for things as different as basketballs and Hollywood special effects.
S1 Ep11
19th Feb 2009
Lead has gone from a dangerous to indispensable product that is evolving past its former stigma to become an integral part of our daily lives.
S1 Ep12
21st Mar 2009
Examining steel from its influence in Industrial Age innovations to its role in building bridges and battleships.