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Strangest Things

But in 1991, 100 yearsafter Babbage's death, Difference Engine No. 2, based onan improved...

But in 1991, 100 years
after Babbage's death, Difference Engine No. 2, based on
an improved design he drew up, is born

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But in 1991, 100 years after Babbage's death,
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Difference Engine No. 2, based on an improved design he drew up, is born.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:51
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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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 • E06 [narrator] When your eyes are shut, - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] When your eyes are shut,
S01 • E07 And the mirror fits into the Aztecs story - Strangest Things 00:05
And the mirror fits into the Aztecs story
S01 • E08 [Tim] It was actually Harrison himself, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Tim] It was actually Harrison himself,
S01 • E03 [narrator] So, ironically, it's possible in the future - Strangest Things 00:13
[narrator] So, ironically, it's possible in the future
S01 • E10 It was never intended to shape so much of the world we know today. - Strangest Things 00:04
It was never intended to shape so much of the world we know ...
S01 • E05 [Kevin] The Mongol Hordes led by the grandson - Strangest Things 00:10
[Kevin] The Mongol Hordes led by the grandson
S01 • E04 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:12
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E02 Had it come a hundred years earlier, - Strangest Things 00:07
Had it come a hundred years earlier,
S01 • E07 Because the Aztecs religion - Strangest Things 00:06
Because the Aztecs religion
S01 • E06 Some have suggested that this bump is not circular - Strangest Things 00:10
Some have suggested that this bump is not circular
S01 • E01 [man] Given that we managed to stumble across them, - Strangest Things 00:08
[man] Given that we managed to stumble across them,
S01 • E10 Why was its impact so accidentally profound. - Strangest Things 00:05
Why was its impact so accidentally profound.
S01 • E09 [Ball] So these many thousands of metal components - Strangest Things 00:11
[Ball] So these many thousands of metal components
S01 • E08 And he's the one who actually said that the H1 clock was not good enough. - Strangest Things 00:05
And he's the one who actually said that the H1 clock wa...
S01 • E07 In fact, the name of one of their Gods - Strangest Things 00:08
In fact, the name of one of their Gods
S01 • E02 But actually it came at a time when an instrument like this - Strangest Things 00:11
But actually it came at a time when an instrument like this
S01 • E08 [narrator] Harrison spends five years refining H1 into H2, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Harrison spends five years refining H1 into H2,
S01 • E05 Mosques are destroyed, hospitals are destroyed. - Strangest Things 00:05
Mosques are destroyed, hospitals are destroyed.
S01 • E10 [Dr. Daniel] It's the first electronic device, it's the beginning - Strangest Things 00:05
[Dr. Daniel] It's the first electronic device, it'...
S01 • E03 If Gotz knew this was going to happen, - Strangest Things 00:06
If Gotz knew this was going to happen,