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[Daniel] We grid out longitude by drawing circles
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We grid outlongitude by drawing circles all the way around the earththrough the poles,...

[Daniel] We grid out
longitude by drawing circles all the way around the earth
through the poles, and you divide the earth
up by degrees, and it looks a bit like
the segments of an orange

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[Daniel] We grid out longitude by drawing circles
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all the way around the earth through the poles,
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and you divide the earth up by degrees,
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and it looks a bit like the segments of an orange.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:43
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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.
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And for the most famous celebrity death mask of all,