American spy Virginia Hall braved the Pyrenees Mountains in November to escape the Gestapo, who called her “The Enemy’s Most Dangerous Spy.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can humans survive over 100,000 feet above sea level? In 1960, U.S. Air Force captain Joseph Kittinger had to find that out for himself… and then skydive back to Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Annie Thorisdottir was looking for a sport that was exciting and that she could dominate. When she found Crossfit, it was “game over” for other competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A love of snow-skiing combined with a love of aquaplaning on the local lake led teenager Ralph Samuelson to invent a new sport. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Becoming the first woman to fly into outer space was relatively easy for Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The challenging part was making sure she would also be the first woman to return from outer space safely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine diving off a platform almost 38 feet in the air and landing in water only 1 foot deep. Sound impossible? It is, unless you're Darren Taylor… aka Professor Splash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When hiker Aron Ralston’s right arm got wedged between an 800 pound boulder and the canyon wall, he was forced to do the unthinkable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does one become the fastest man in the world? Why, chicken nuggets, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After snowboarding down all the highest peaks that helicopters could reach, Jeremy Jones had to find a new place to descend. Somewhere nobody had ever snowboarded before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Goaded on by her brother’s taunts, Bessie Coleman crossed an ocean to learn how to fly. She broke boundaries as a pilot — then went on to perfect daring stunts, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever since she started with Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé has been piling up Grammys — more than any other singer in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Because airplanes couldn’t fly any higher in the 1930s, Clem Sohn had to find a new way to keep his aerial stunts fresh. So he developed a “bat suit” that allowed him to stay in the air longer and perform even more death-defying tricks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retired boxer and entrepreneur George Foreman wanted to become the oldest boxer to win the Heavyweight title. And at age 45, he did. But it wouldn’t be easy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roald Amundsen wanted to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole. The only problem: A different expedition was already under way, so he'd have to hurry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American Greg Louganis became the first man to win gold medals in both platform and springboard diving in back-to-back Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How many countries have you been to? It’s probably not as many as Cassie De Pecol, who became the first woman to travel to all 196 countries in the world (yes, even North Korea!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A leisurely thing to do may be to drive around Great Britain, but Ross Edgley wanted to enter the record books, so he SWAM around Great Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s MLB home run record by hitting his 715th career home run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not often that “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” can win a piano competition, but when it’s played by Mozart, anything can happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The only thing luckier than a man who survives a grizzly bear attack is a man who survives two grizzly bear attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When 12 teenage soccer players and their coach become stranded in an underwater cave, two men are called on to do the impossible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even with his lower body paralyzed, Tanner Godfrey set out to set a record and jump more than 240 feet in his utility terrain vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2006, Kobe Bryant scored an astounding 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points ever scored in an NBA game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles Trippy released a new vlog every day for ten years — including one documenting his brain surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ada Lovelace wrote the very first computer algorithm in 1843. It was so groundbreaking, her notes were used to crack the German Enigma Code over 100 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices