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Strangest Things

There was a littlemechanism made from very fine boat that would be triggered by the...

[Dr. Ball] There was a little
mechanism made from very fine boat that would be triggered by the leech
coming past, and that would ring a bell

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[Dr. Ball] There was a little mechanism made from very fine boat
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that would be triggered by the leech coming past, and that would ring a bell.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:09
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 • E08 So, North South gives you your, your latitude - Strangest Things 00:06
So, North South gives you your, your latitude
S01 • E03 I think there's a general idea that prosthetics - Strangest Things 00:06
I think there's a general idea that prosthetics
S01 • E04 [Anna] Glass is a really brittle - Strangest Things 00:04
[Anna] Glass is a really brittle
S01 • E05 [Kevin] With the expansion of Islam, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Kevin] With the expansion of Islam,
S01 • E04 So the delicacy involved is quite incredible. - Strangest Things 00:04
So the delicacy involved is quite incredible.
S01 • E10 It's designed simply to improve primitive radio, - Strangest Things 00:12
It's designed simply to improve primitive radio,
S01 • E08 [narrator] Latitude is easily ascertained from the position of the sun or stars. - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] Latitude is easily ascertained from the position ...
S01 • E03 [Dr. Rebecca] There are a couple of really good examples from ancient Egypt, - Strangest Things 00:13
[Dr. Rebecca] There are a couple of really good examples fro...
S01 • E06 Kind of exciting, but also a bit creepy. - Strangest Things 00:04
Kind of exciting, but also a bit creepy.
S01 • E02 [narrator] Of course there's always a risk that one leech might misbehave. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Of course there's always a risk that one lee...
S01 • E05 Richard II had a text on geomancy. - Strangest Things 00:04
Richard II had a text on geomancy.
S01 • E01 In fact, Apollo eleven is total haul of samples is just 22 kilos. - Strangest Things 00:05
In fact, Apollo eleven is total haul of samples is just 22 k...
S01 • E09 [narrator] Babbage is horrified by what he finds. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Babbage is horrified by what he finds.
S01 • E07 It is a macabre supernatural device - Strangest Things 00:07
It is a macabre supernatural device
S01 • E04 They would have used tiny tools - Strangest Things 00:07
They would have used tiny tools
S01 • E08 H1 is created to find longitude, - Strangest Things 00:08
H1 is created to find longitude,
S01 • E06 [narrator] But as far as we know, - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] But as far as we know,
S01 • E01 So when the Americans went around the world - Strangest Things 00:09
So when the Americans went around the world
S01 • E09 There'd be the person doing the calculations, - Strangest Things 00:06
There'd be the person doing the calculations,
S01 • E05 Several European monarchs - Strangest Things 00:06
Several European monarchs