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Strangest Things

By the earlyto mid-19th century, scientific instrumentsweren't meant to look like, you...

By the early
to mid-19th century, scientific instruments
weren't meant to look like, you know, an aquarium with
little swimming creatures in it

Full Transcript

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By the early to mid-19th century,
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scientific instruments weren't meant to look like,
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you know, an aquarium with little swimming creatures in it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:13
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E05 [Corey] So, this device is produced - Strangest Things 00:07
[Corey] So, this device is produced
S01 • E09 [narrator] Babbage's ideas are centuries ahead of their time. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Babbage's ideas are centuries ahead of their...
S01 • E06 We'll probably never know for sure. - Strangest Things 00:04
We'll probably never know for sure.
S01 • E01 There's no doubt that the Drees rock itself, - Strangest Things 00:09
There's no doubt that the Drees rock itself,
S01 • E08 H3 takes a further 19 years to design and build, - Strangest Things 00:08
H3 takes a further 19 years to design and build,
S01 • E07 Because some Aztec rulers possessed a mirror - Strangest Things 00:11
Because some Aztec rulers possessed a mirror
S01 • E09 Difference Engine No. 1 helps him conceive - Strangest Things 00:06
Difference Engine No. 1 helps him conceive
S01 • E04 So in the Lycurgus Cup, all of those little gold - Strangest Things 00:18
So in the Lycurgus Cup, all of those little gold
S01 • E10 We can't really manipulate the way the current behaves in a complicated way. - Strangest Things 00:07
We can't really manipulate the way the current behaves ...
S01 • E05 Everything about it is extraordinary, - Strangest Things 00:08
Everything about it is extraordinary,
S01 • E01 So petrified trees may be a stretch, but it turns out - Strangest Things 00:07
So petrified trees may be a stretch, but it turns out
S01 • E08 H4 is finally ready in 1761, - Strangest Things 00:07
H4 is finally ready in 1761,
S01 • E02 [narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past
S01 • E09 So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern world, - Strangest Things 00:07
So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern...
S01 • E10 [narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire.
S01 • E07 Which is an astonishing coincidence given - Strangest Things 00:07
Which is an astonishing coincidence given
S01 • E05 It's a window into the incredible creativity - Strangest Things 00:07
It's a window into the incredible creativity
S01 • E10 Now tiny changes in the voltage of this third connection can change - Strangest Things 00:08
Now tiny changes in the voltage of this third connection can...
S01 • E08 [Tim] So Harrison's son takes the H4 - Strangest Things 00:14
[Tim] So Harrison's son takes the H4
S01 • E02 [Goodman] It's the telegraph that makes a big difference - Strangest Things 00:08
[Goodman] It's the telegraph that makes a big differenc...