HowStuffWorks: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go ‘round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt from the earth. Equally amazing is the number of different and varied products that can be derived from something so fundamental. Who would guess that furniture, diesel additives, crayons, solvents, candles, shampoo and tofu can all be derived from the humble soybean? Follow the incredible journey of these goods from the ground to your table, car, closet, medicine cabinet and places you may have never imagined.

Series details

• Title: HowStuffWorks
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2008-11-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-05-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 31 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4190

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-11-13; final listed air date 2009-03-21; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-06-06; final listed air date 2011-05-15; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from HowStuffWorks on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.