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A flamboyant french friar called Knowles
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A flamboyant french friarcalled Knowles, who gave private courses inelectricity to...

A flamboyant french friar
called Knowles, who gave private courses in
electricity to beautiful women, and couldn't get out of the habit, decided to run a charge
through multiple monks, to see if the effect would produce an uplifting experience. It did

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A flamboyant french friar called Knowles,
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who gave private courses in electricity to beautiful women,
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and couldn't get out of the habit,
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decided to run a charge through multiple monks,
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to see if the effect would produce
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an uplifting experience.
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It did.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:14
Uploaded
Jan 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Frankfurter Filmwerkstatt

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Movie Summary

Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
S01 • E01 And then, just when you think you've got the measure of Karnak, - Connections 00:16
And then, just when you think you've got the measure of...
S01 • E03 Well, it seemed obvious that electricity was good for you, - Connections 00:25
Well, it seemed obvious that electricity was good for you,
S01 • E04 It took only a few hours to be accepted or rejected, - Connections 00:26
It took only a few hours to be accepted or rejected,
S01 • E10 But once you start, can you stop?, - Connections 00:12
But once you start, can you stop?,
S01 • E01 Karnak was the first great statement - Connections 00:21
Karnak was the first great statement
S01 • E06 I said Daimler got a head start -- - Connections 00:12
I said Daimler got a head start --
S01 • E01 But, what it took the pharaohs 4,000 years to build, - Connections 00:18
But, what it took the pharaohs 4,000 years to build,
S01 • E06 By 1895, anybody who was anybody - Connections 00:15
By 1895, anybody who was anybody
S01 • E01 Kuwait represents the immense power of technology - Connections 00:16
Kuwait represents the immense power of technology
S01 • E07 You've already seen clues to why Fritz Klaetke - Connections 00:14
You've already seen clues to why Fritz Klaetke
S01 • E06 This is the short story of one Wilhelm Kress -- - Connections 00:20
This is the short story of one Wilhelm Kress --
S01 • E06 Back home on his little lake outside town, - Connections 00:21
Back home on his little lake outside town,
S01 • E06 In 1901, Kress launched his contraption, - Connections 00:19
In 1901, Kress launched his contraption,
S01 • E05 [gear noises] - Connections 00:06
[gear noises]