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Talk about threading the needle in more ways than one. If it wasn’t for Jo Thompson, the first manned mission to land on the moon could have ended in disaster. She was part of a team of elite seamstresses employed by ILC Dover—a company famous for making Playtex bras—to sew spacesuits for Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Dinesh Gale is a cattle farmer who makes chhurpi in Tipling, Nepal. It's a hard cheese that comes from the milk of chauri-that's a cross between a yak and a cow. Chhurpi smells smoky and tastes sweet, and you chew it like you would a piece of gum.

You've heard talk about protecting endangered animals, but what about endangered vegetables? It's a crisis that's come about with the worldwide rise of industrial farming-many indigenous veggies simply aren't being grown in great quantities anymore.

Jim Sanborn created a sculpture containing a secret message. It sits on the grounds of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Yet no one has been able to solve it. Code breakers from around the world have tried for 30 years. They’re stumped. The artist meets with people like cryptologist Elonka Dunin who are desperate to solve the mystery at his Maryland studio every year or so. But Sanborn won’t divulge any clues. It’s too much fun keeping everyone guessing.

Writer A.J. Jacobs wanted to be a little less grumpy, so he started a gratitude practice at dinner. He'd thank everyone from the farmer who grew the carrots on his plate to the supermarket cashier who rang them up. Then, his 10-year-old son pointed out that the people A.J.

There is no shortage of street food in Seoul. Every time you turn a corner in the South Korean capital, you see and smell something you just have to try. We sampled deep-fried treats like the french fry corn dog and fish cakes; soft, sweet egg bread; a breakfast sandwich served in a cup; and, of course, kimchi dumplings.

If you think entomologists just sit in labs all day looking at slides, think again. Dr. R. Isaí Madriz is out in the field, embarking on dangerous expeditions to the harsh, remote Patagonian Ice Fields in search of undiscovered insect species.

The year is 1993, it's Saturday morning, and you're ready to party all weekend long. First up: park yourself in front of the TV for a round of cartoons. And what better program to start with than "Animaniacs." Do you have the "Nations of the World" song memorized?

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Do you know the value of the items you're throwing away? We take you inside one of Manhattan’s little known treasures, the 'trash museum,' with its keeper Nelson Molina—the true titan of trash, to see how he's giving our discarded goods a second life. Visit the PBS MetroFocus website for more stories.

As the holiday season begins, Jewish New Yorkers gathered to light the worlds largest menorah at a time when anti-Semitic attacks have surged across the nation.

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