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Modern Marvels

Season 13 · Episode 3

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Cotton

0.044mJanuary 18, 2006

Tune in as Modern Marvels looks into the history of cotton, a product used in hundreds of different products, from clothing to lipstick.

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Episode 1Containers
Episode 2Fire
Episode 3Cotton
Episode 4Engineering Disasters 18
Episode 5Candy
Episode 6Weird Weapons: The Axis
Episode 7Nature Tech: Avalanches
Episode 8Engineering Disasters: New Orleans

Episode 9

Leather

Episode 10Engineering Disasters 19

Episode 11Insulation

Episode 12Hi-Tech Hitler

Episode 13Shovels

Episode 14Drilling

Episode 1580s Tech

Episode 16Ben Franklin Tech

Episode 17Copper Kings

Episode 18Heavy Metals

Episode 19Money

Episode 20BBQ Tech

Episode 21American Eats Special

Episode 22High Explosives

Episode 23Pirate Tech

Episode 24Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives

Episode 25World's Biggest Machines 5

Episode 26Super Tools: Skyscraper

Episode 27The AK-47

Episode 29Classic Cars

Episode 30Making Medieval Armor

Episode 31Rube Goldberg

Episode 32Batteries

Episode 33Mummy Tech

Episode 34Levees

Episode 35Water

Episode 36The Cola Wars

Episode 37Copper

Episode 38Shotguns

Episode 39Building In The Name Of God

Episode 40Horsepower

Episode 41Renewable Energy

Episode 42Freight Trains

Episode 43Cities of the Underworld

Episode 44Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Episode 45Stealth & Beyond: Air Stealth

Episode 46Stealth & Beyond: Sea Stealth

Episode 48Distilleries 2

Episode 49World's Strongest

Episode 50Tomcat Sunset

Episode 51Tobacco

Episode 52The Supermarket

Episode 53Breakfast Tech

Episode 55Harvesting 2

Episode 56Engineering Disasters 20

Episode 59Christmas Tech