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[BONUS] Bryan Johnson | The Man Who Wants To Live Forever
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[BONUS] The Troubles | Northern Ireland’s Struggle for Peace
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[BONUS] The Affair Of The Diamond Necklace
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[BONUS] The Origin of Monopoly
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#516 | Journey to the Deep: A Short History of Underwater Exploration
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Ancient history of exploring the ocean's depths
Aristotle's theoretical diving concept in the 4th Century BC
Early diving bell inventions and Alexander the Great myth
Magellan's attempt to measure ocean depth in 1521
The invention of the first submarine by Cornelis Drebbel
David Bushnell's "Turtle" and its military attempts
HMS Challenger's oceanographic expedition reveals deep-sea life
Discovery of the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep
First manned descent into Mariana Trench in 1960
Current understanding and mystery of Earth's deep oceans
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/underwater-exploration
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