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Silver Supernova
At critical moments in history, our second place metal was the most important metal on Earth. Big History reveals how silver's place in our minds was determined by the heat of exploding stars, and how this one metal saved democracy, gave us the dollar, and had a secret power to connect the world.
Stars:
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Other episodes for this season
![The Superpower of Salt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Horse Power Revolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Gold Fever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Below Zero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Megastructures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Defeating Gravity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Brain Boost](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![World of Weapons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Mountain Machines](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Pocket Time Machine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Decoded](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Deadly Meteors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![The Sun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Rise of the Carnivores](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![H₂O](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![Silver Supernova](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)
![The Big History of Everything](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/k14i5k5VfBF0M5vbw4nXyabJ4Xj.jpg)