Tập
Modern Marvels: Episode 28
Tóm tắt
Pintsized as a pea or big as a bowling ball, nutritional, durable, and versatile, nuts have been a staple of the human diet since time began, and archaeological evidence places them among our earliest foods. Nuts sustained the imperial armies of Rome and China, the royal navies of England and Spain, and the native tribes that roamed the American wilderness.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Modern Marvels
- Mùa
- Mùa 13
- Tập
- Tập 28
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2006-08-02
- Thời lượng
- 44 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 28 là tập 28 trong Season 13 của Modern Marvels. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2006-08-02. Thời lượng là 44 min.
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