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WINNING THE LOTTERY
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| We all want to win
the lottery, be in
the money big time
and live it up, but
are there any ways
you can cheat chance
and win without
difficulty? What
about lucky numbers
and sequences? Do
they work? Tune in
to What Would Happen
If? on National
Geographic, Sundays
at 5pm. |
| WHEN: 24/1 |
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Television Corner |
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 56 |
| Number of Views: 2637 |
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF...?
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| Dr Marty Jopson and
his team of human
guinea pigs
investigate life's
many mysteries.
Featuring explosive
experiments and
terrifying trials,
this madcap series
is all about asking
questions and
finding answers. If
no one had asked
"What would happen
if you took water,
yeast, hops and malt
and mixed them all
together for a
while" where would
we be today? |
| WHEN: 24/1 |
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What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 1 |
| Number of Views: 673 |
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SILLY PUTTY
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| Silly putty is a
child’s toy that was
invented by Scottish
engineer James
Wright, who was
trying to come up
with an alternative
to rubber for use in
car tyres. What
would happen if you
got a very big blob
of it and dropped it
from a very high
place? Tune in to
National Geographic,
Sundays at 5pm. |
| WHEN: 24/1 |
| CHANNELS:
Television Corner |
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 10 |
| Number of Views: 1349 |
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7,000 SIZZLING SPARKLERS
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| Sparklers are the only firework it’s safe to hold while it’s doing its stuff,
but while just one provides more of a fizz than a bang, what would
happen if you were to strap 7,000 sparklers together and set them all off? |
| WHEN: 28/1 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 135 |
| Number of Views: 2818 |
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UMBRELLA IN A LIGHTNING STORM
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| A laboratory at Liverpool University is capable of providing a bolt of
electricity of up to 60,000 amps and 6,000 volts, in order to recreate the
conditions of a lightning storm. But what would actually happen if you
relied on your umbrella to protect you from such a storm? |
| WHEN: 28/1 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 130 |
| Number of Views: 5038 |
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WATER ROCKET
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| Schoolchildren are fascinated by water rockets. Take a discarded empty
water bottle, fill the bottom with a small amount of liquid, then pump in
air. But what would happen if you were to construct a water rocket on
a larger, grander scale? |
| WHEN: 28/1 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 19 |
| Number of Views: 655 |
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ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
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| By chance, you are going to win at rock, paper, scissors at least 50% of
the time, but how do you increase your chances of winning? Watch
What Would Happen If..? every Sunday on National Geographic. |
| WHEN: 4/2 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 22 |
| Number of Views: 988 |
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STOPPING A BULLET
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| In 2007, a bullet was lodged into Dorothy Sander’s side during an armed
robbery, but only after it was deflected from the wallet in her chest
pocket. What would have happened if it had been a money clip instead
of a wallet? Catch What Would Happen If? every Sunday on National
Geographic. |
| WHEN: 4/2 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 0 |
| Number of Views: 307 |
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BLOWING BUBBLES
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| All you need to make
bubbles is
washing-up liquid;
with its elastic
properties it can
make a thin film of
water flexible. But
what would happen if
you wanted to go
large with bigger
and more bubbles?
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| WHEN: 11/2 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 46 |
| Number of Views: 1855 |
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LIGHTNING STRIKES MOBILE PHONE
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| Liverpool University
has created a
machine that can
generate a bolt of
electricity of up to
60,000 amps and
6,000 volts,
effectively a
man-made version of
lightning. But what
would happen if just
a third of this
power were to strike
a mobile phone? |
| WHEN: 11/2 |
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| Number of Ratings: 0 |
| Number of Views: 322 |
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GETTING DNA OUT OF A KIWI FRUIT
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| It is a common fact that DNA can be extracted from the human body,
but what about other objects or organisms? What would happen if you
tried to extract DNA from something as simple as the kiwi fruit? |
| WHEN: 18/2 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 0 |
| Number of Views: 364 |
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MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP
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| Soap is a regular
feature in bathrooms
and kitchens all
around the world,
but what would
happen if you tried
to make soap
yourself using
ingredients found in
your kitchen
cupboard? |
| WHEN: 25/2 |
| CHANNELS:
What Would Happen If..? |
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| Number of Ratings: 7 |
| Number of Views: 505 |
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AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION: DEAD WEIGHT
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| A commuter plane crashes shortly after take-off, killing everyone onboard. Investigators are faced with the possibility that overweight passengers were one of the causes of this fatal crash. The airline industry based average passenger weight calculations on 1940’s figures. Were they fatally out of date? |
| WHEN: 18/3 |
| CHANNELS:
Air Crash Investigation |
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| Number of Ratings: 14 |
| Number of Views: 976 |
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AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
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| When an explosion blasts a huge hole in the fuselage of a new DC-10 airliner, the crash investigators discover a serious design flaw in the plane’s rear cargo door. Yet two years after the first crash, another DC-10 goes down because of the same problem. Could the accident have been prevented? |
| WHEN: 19/3 |
| CHANNELS:
Air Crash Investigation |
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| Number of Ratings: 14 |
| Number of Views: 490 |
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INSIDE AIRCRASH INVESTIGATION
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| Air Crash Investigation on National Geographic Channel shares stories of
astonishing survivals and heartbreaking disasters of some of the most
tragic incidents in the history of aviation. |
| WHEN: 19/3 |
| CHANNELS:
Air Crash Investigation |
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| Number of Ratings: 10 |
| Number of Views: 579 |
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PEEING ON AN ELECTRIC FENCE
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| Urine is around 95% water, but it also contains salt and urea, which
carry the charge. Mix that with 6,000 volts of electricity and you are
bound to be in for some sort of shock. So what happens if you pee on
an electric fence? |
| WHEN: 19/3 |
| CHANNELS:
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| Number of Ratings: 91 |
| Number of Views: 3249 |
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