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By human computers,people who'd sit down and do all the mathematicslonghand

By human computers,
people who'd sit down and do all the mathematics
longhand

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By human computers, people who'd sit down
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and do all the mathematics longhand.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:46
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 [narrator] Another of his side interests is invention. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Another of his side interests is invention.
S01 • E07 [narrator] Maybe the real secret of the Voynich manuscript - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] Maybe the real secret of the Voynich manuscript
S01 • E04 Archeologists call this a cage cup. - Strangest Things 00:04
Archeologists call this a cage cup.
S01 • E08 But if they believed it really had, if you really solved it - Strangest Things 00:08
But if they believed it really had, if you really solved it
S01 • E01 The museum ensures it for five hundred thousand dollars. - Strangest Things 00:04
The museum ensures it for five hundred thousand dollars.
S01 • E06 [Abigail] The Greek historian, Polybius, - Strangest Things 00:08
[Abigail] The Greek historian, Polybius,
S01 • E02 In 1850, he produces his most famous - Strangest Things 00:09
In 1850, he produces his most famous
S01 • E09 [narrator] In 1820, - Strangest Things 00:11
[narrator] In 1820,
S01 • E04 [Mark] In fact, it's the most well-preserved cage cup - Strangest Things 00:05
[Mark] In fact, it's the most well-preserved cage cup
S01 • E07 [Abigail] I kind of love how it remains a mystery - Strangest Things 00:10
[Abigail] I kind of love how it remains a mystery
S01 • E01 While on display, it grabs the attention of a scientist visiting the exhibit. - Strangest Things 00:05
While on display, it grabs the attention of a scientist visi...
S01 • E08 [narrator] Clockmaker John Harrison wants to win this prize with H1. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Clockmaker John Harrison wants to win this prize ...
S01 • E05 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:08
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E06 These are the wax masks - Strangest Things 00:07
These are the wax masks
S01 • E04 Even in the Roman days in the Fourth Century, - Strangest Things 00:08
Even in the Roman days in the Fourth Century,
S01 • E03 He wants to continue to do his job, so he designs a new arm and hand - Strangest Things 00:10
He wants to continue to do his job, so he designs a new arm ...
S01 • E02 The core of his invention is a glass bottle - Strangest Things 00:06
The core of his invention is a glass bottle
S01 • E10 It has a beautiful property where it glows like an incandescent lamp. - Strangest Things 00:06
It has a beautiful property where it glows like an incandesc...
S01 • E08 It's jam packed with the most sophisticated technology in the world, - Strangest Things 00:08
It's jam packed with the most sophisticated technology ...
S01 • E06 The idea would be that at every funeral, - Strangest Things 00:16
The idea would be that at every funeral,