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Six Degrees with Mike Rowe

And the why, of course, is,you know, By about a 40th the thicknessof this piece of paper,...

And the why, of course, is,
you know, By about a 40th the thickness
of this piece of paper, The mirror was the wrong shape.
2.2 microns or something?

Full Transcript

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And the why, of course, is, you know,
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By about a 40th the thickness of this piece of paper,
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The mirror was the wrong shape. 2.2 microns or something?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:00
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary, comedy, history
Production
School of Humans

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Movie Summary

Mike Rowe shows how many things in the world are connected. By using historical facts, Mike takes two seemingly unrelated things and shows an indirect connection.
S01 • E01 Charles: Football play isn't a diagram - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:07
Charles: Football play isn't a diagram
S01 • E02 Anyway, that's how lsd was discovered in switzerland - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:06
Anyway, that's how lsd was discovered in switzerland
S01 • E01 And the same thing that any structure diagram tells you how - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:08
And the same thing that any structure diagram tells you how
S01 • E05 The ever-patient tortoise, john p. Hagen, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:11
The ever-patient tortoise, john p. Hagen,
S01 • E06 Yeah. If I'm looking at this - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:07
Yeah. If I'm looking at this
S01 • E03 It sat there for 26 years to be exact, but who's counting? - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:05
It sat there for 26 years to be exact, but who's counti...
S01 • E04 Unfortunately, Elton John is getting a bit more of a workout - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:06
Unfortunately, Elton John is getting a bit more of a workout
S01 • E01 Like the forward pass his dad helped invent, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:17
Like the forward pass his dad helped invent,
S01 • E03 Now the navy did get around to using radio hopping technology - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:09
Now the navy did get around to using radio hopping technolog...
S01 • E06 But if you're a guy who's expert at making astronomical mirrors, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:06
But if you're a guy who's expert at making astrono...
S01 • E05 John p. Hagen realized - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:07
John p. Hagen realized
S01 • E03 Unfortunately, george and hedy never got any credit for it - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:23
Unfortunately, george and hedy never got any credit for it
S01 • E06 Slightly too flat at the end of eight feet across. - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:05
Slightly too flat at the end of eight feet across.
S01 • E05 John p. Hagen incorporated a new technology - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:06
John p. Hagen incorporated a new technology
S01 • E06 Oh. The bad news is, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:04
Oh. The bad news is,
S01 • E04 He's exhausted, in other words, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:15
He's exhausted, in other words,
S01 • E01 Bachman used a system he called one million pigeonholes, - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:09
Bachman used a system he called one million pigeonholes,
S01 • E02 No, but if he did, he might be surprised to know - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:14
No, but if he did, he might be surprised to know
S01 • E06 The good news is you screwed up really very precisely - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:09
The good news is you screwed up really very precisely
S01 • E05 Think back to the guy who started all this space stuff. - Six Degrees with Mike Rowe 00:05
Think back to the guy who started all this space stuff.