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12 episodes in this season

Balls

10 min

Bicycles and Pucks

10 min

Crayons and Markers

10 min

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Balloons

10 min

Chewing Gum

10 min

Elevators

10 min

Peanuts

10 min

Radio and Television

10 min

Clocks and Watches

10 min

E10

Ice Cream and Popsicles

10 min

E11

The Postal Station

10 min

E12

Lightbulbs

10 min

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Balloons

Season 1 · Episode 4

One of our favorite characters is a balloon and in this episode we find out all about them, from simple party balloons to large balloon airships and even balloons used for safety. We find out the first ever balloon was a toy for a young Chinese emperor and that one of the first hot air balloons ever nearly crashed on the head of the King of Portugal. We learn that the French Montgolfier brothers were pioneers in ballooning, filling up bags of hot air and watching them rise and that from these experiments came balloons that could lift sheep, roosters, ducks and eventually humans. As more and more hot air balloons were created, crowds came to watch the beautiful balloons and the ""Balloon Age"" was born. We go inside a hot-air balloon factory, where we see how the ballons are constructed, from baskets being woven by hand to the installation of instruments that measure the height of the balloon. We learn that most hot-air balloonists take up a compass and a radio in case of an emergency and

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Balloons

Season 1 · Episode 4

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