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Although the human eye is able to adapt to wildly different environments, it takes a certain amount of time to adjust to sudden changes in light. Learn more about the chemicals powering the human eye in this HowStuffWorks podcast.

How Night Vision Works

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In the midst of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte rode his hubris straight into an emperorship, but he was fated to fail. Learn how he came to power twice, why Waterloo was his downfall, and why he actually wasn't that short in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/napoleon.htm; https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/battle-waterloo.htm; https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/napoleon-short.htm

In the midst of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte rode his hubris straight into an emperorship, but he was fated to fail. Learn how he came to power twice, why Waterloo was his downfall, and why he actually wasn't that short in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/napoleon.htm">https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/napoleon.htm</a>; <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/battle-waterloo.htm">https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/battle-waterloo.htm</a>; <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/napoleon-short.htm">https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/napoleon-short.htm</a>

How Did Napoleon I, the Emperor of the French, Rise and Fall?

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Alchemists may have never turned lead into gold, but they did create the field of chemistry. Learn how the study of alchemy worked in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/alchemy-to-chemistry.htm

Alchemists may have never turned lead into gold, but they did create the field of chemistry. Learn how the study of alchemy worked in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/alchemy-to-chemistry.htm

BrainStuff Classics: How Did Alchemy Create Chemistry?

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Sundown towns are places in the United States where, after the Civil War and Reconstruction, white communities kept Black Americans and other groups out for decades, on purpose. Learn how they came to be -- and how some sundown towns are in recovery -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/sundown-towns.htm. Check out Dr. James Loewen's database of sundown towns here: https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/

Sundown towns are places in the United States where, after the Civil War and Reconstruction, white communities kept Black Americans and other groups out for decades, on purpose. Learn how they came to be -- and how some sundown towns are in recovery -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/sundown-towns.htm.">https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/sundown-towns.htm.</a> Check out Dr. James Loewen's database of sundown towns here: <a href="https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/">https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/</a>

How Did Sundown Towns Say the Quiet Part Out Loud?

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