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When Ashoka's ministers balked at his command to cut down all
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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

When Ashoka's ministers balkedat his command to cut down all the fruit treessurrounding...

When Ashoka's ministers balked
at his command to cut down all the fruit trees
surrounding his palace, Ashoka said, "Fine, we'll
cut off your heads instead."

Full Transcript

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When Ashoka's ministers balked at his command to cut down all
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the fruit trees surrounding his palace,
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Ashoka said, "Fine, we'll cut off your heads instead."
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:42
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E04 If the siege lasts, our fellow citizens will get very hungry. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
If the siege lasts, our fellow citizens will get very hungry...
S01 • E01 The Anthropocene. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
The Anthropocene.
S01 • E11 We are now in the sweet spot of Hoku's habitable zone. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
We are now in the sweet spot of Hoku's habitable zone.
S01 • E06 A red dwarf star will come barreling into their vicinity. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
A red dwarf star will come barreling into their vicinity.
S01 • E12 He discovered physics and became enchanted by it, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
He discovered physics and became enchanted by it,
S01 • E03 From an alien point of view, Earth would certainly have a - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
From an alien point of view, Earth would certainly have a
S01 • E07 A radical pattern emerged, one that would shake the world. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
A radical pattern emerged, one that would shake the world.
S01 • E01 "Anthropo" from the Greek word for "human" and "Cene." - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
"Anthropo" from the Greek word for "human&quo...
S01 • E04 This building contains several tons of edible material. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
This building contains several tons of edible material.
S01 • E06 It's gravity will send this ancient world careening out of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
It's gravity will send this ancient world careening out...
S01 • E10 And the sea like glass. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
And the sea like glass.
S01 • E09 Every probability that can happen does happen in - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Every probability that can happen does happen in
S01 • E11 And this is the planet Tangaroa, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
And this is the planet Tangaroa,
S01 • E07 It still does, he debunked the story of Adam and Eve. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
It still does, he debunked the story of Adam and Eve.
S01 • E12 His grades were poor, until he began to concentrate - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
His grades were poor, until he began to concentrate
S01 • E03 But Enceladus keeps its secrets hidden deep inside. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But Enceladus keeps its secrets hidden deep inside.
S01 • E04 We must figure out how to protect every last seed - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
We must figure out how to protect every last seed
S01 • E10 TYSON: When Mount Pelée erupted at 8:02 AM on - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
TYSON: When Mount Pelée erupted at 8:02 AM on
S01 • E07 Humans are not the kings of life, created separately, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
Humans are not the kings of life, created separately,
S01 • E06 A rogue planet doomed to wander a never-ending oblivion. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
A rogue planet doomed to wander a never-ending oblivion.