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WWII soldiers sometimes went days without eating a hot meal. What did they consume instead? The K-Ration. Packaged in plain, brown boxes and labeled BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER, these meals equipped US soldiers with the calories necessary for survival. They were developed by U of M scientist Ancel Keys. MN90 producer Allison Herrera tells us … [Read Transcript...]
For most of history, the human heart was off limits to medicine. The first closed heart surgery began in the 1940’s. In the 1950’s, a pair of physicians who worked in mobile surgical units of World War II discovered that open heart surgery could be an option. Producer Allison Herrera tells us about the first … [Read Transcript...]
For over a century, the debate of the authenticity of the Kensington Runestone has raged on. Some believe Olof Ohman, the farmer who discovered the rune inscribed slab, carved it himself. Some geologists defend the claim that this was a message left by Scandinavian explorers. Producer Allison Herrera tells about one of Minnesota’s “important archaeological … [Read Transcript...]
