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Strangest Things

Babbage's idea not only works, but can be madeto work in reality

Babbage's idea not only works, but can be made
to work in reality

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Babbage's idea not only works,
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but can be made to work in reality.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:08
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E02 Black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood. - Strangest Things 00:04
Black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood.
S01 • E03 [narrator] To understand just how clever Gotz's hand is, - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] To understand just how clever Gotz's hand is...
S01 • E05 And one thing is immediately clear, - Strangest Things 00:06
And one thing is immediately clear,
S01 • E04 [Corey] The effect works because white light - Strangest Things 00:06
[Corey] The effect works because white light
S01 • E01 In 2019, a Chinese mission called Chang, - Strangest Things 00:06
In 2019, a Chinese mission called Chang,
S01 • E06 [Mark Benecke] L'Inconnue de la Seine became - Strangest Things 00:04
[Mark Benecke] L'Inconnue de la Seine became
S01 • E07 John Dee uses it to speak to the dead. - Strangest Things 00:04
John Dee uses it to speak to the dead.
S01 • E09 [narrator] It seems Babbage's self-belief is actually justified. - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] It seems Babbage's self-belief is actually j...
S01 • E08 So, Harrison came into this not as an amateur. - Strangest Things 00:04
So, Harrison came into this not as an amateur.
S01 • E02 Most attention was given to blood - Strangest Things 00:09
Most attention was given to blood
S01 • E10 [Dr. Anna] It still wasn't quite perfec because it was basically - Strangest Things 00:06
[Dr. Anna] It still wasn't quite perfec because it was ...
S01 • E08 He was actually an established clockmaker - Strangest Things 00:06
He was actually an established clockmaker
S01 • E06 She inspired people, poets, music, dance. - Strangest Things 00:05
She inspired people, poets, music, dance.
S01 • E09 But how does this astonishing machine actually work? - Strangest Things 00:06
But how does this astonishing machine actually work?
S01 • E04 [Andrew] White Light is actually a mixture - Strangest Things 00:06
[Andrew] White Light is actually a mixture
S01 • E03 The key is a ratchet and Paul system. - Strangest Things 00:04
The key is a ratchet and Paul system.
S01 • E05 Turning one setting has no effect - Strangest Things 00:05
Turning one setting has no effect
S01 • E10 [narrator] Which means it has to be wound up by hand. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Which means it has to be wound up by hand.
S01 • E08 [narrator] But Harrison brings more than just - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] But Harrison brings more than just
S01 • E02 [narrator] Medical leeches are wildly popular. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Medical leeches are wildly popular.