David Benscoter spent 24 years mastering his skills as an investigator, breaking cases on bank robberies and political corruption for the F.B.I. and the I.R.S. Now, he's taking a bite out of a different kind of problem—lost apples.
Playing the World's Largest Flutes
Paige Long is a world-renowned flutist. She's also one of a small number of people who can play the three largest flutes in the flute family: the double subcontrabass, the subcontrabass and the contrabass. With tubing that stretches up to 22 feet in length, these instruments require a strong set of lungs to be able to carry a tune.
Fear the Reaper: Breeding the World's Hottest Pepper
In the competitive world of hot pepper breeding, one man is smoking the competition. Meet "Smokin'" Ed Currie. He's the man behind the world's hottest pepper—the "Carolina Reaper." For the past three decades, Currie has been pushing the limits of the Scoville scale—breeding hotter and hotter peppers. You may want to have some milk ready for this one.
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