Did you know that high heels date back to Ancient Egypt? And what do chocolate bars have to do with the invention of the microwave oven? Each half-hour episode of THE UNCOMMON HISTORY OF VERY COMMON THINGS examines the unknown, sometimes shocking, often irreverent, and always entertaining history of the everyday items that make up our lives. Using archival photos, animation, and a healthy dose of humour, each 30-minute episode is made up of three stories loosely linked on a theme.