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Brain Boost
Behind that cup of coffee or tea is a global story that goes back to the collision that created the Moon and the evolution of plant and animal life. The key is the molecule that gives your morning cup its kick: caffeine, the most popular drug in history. This is the story of how a plant poison became our drug of choice, and stimulated revolutions around the planet.
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)