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[Dr. Ploszajski] The problem with copper is that
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Strangest Things

The problemwith copper is that if you leave it lying aroundfor thousands of years, it...

[Dr. Ploszajski] The problem
with copper is that if you leave it lying around
for thousands of years, it oxidizes

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[Dr. Ploszajski] The problem with copper is that
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if you leave it lying around for thousands of years,
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it oxidizes.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:03
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 It's the first time that intelligence - Strangest Things 00:10
It's the first time that intelligence
S01 • E01 The surface of this 4,000 year old tablet is covered - Strangest Things 00:08
The surface of this 4,000 year old tablet is covered
S01 • E06 They would basically be eaten by this Minotaur. - Strangest Things 00:04
They would basically be eaten by this Minotaur.
S01 • E09 It turns out Dawson is already an old hand at forgery - Strangest Things 00:07
It turns out Dawson is already an old hand at forgery
S01 • E04 Whoever makes it is clearly a genius - Strangest Things 00:09
Whoever makes it is clearly a genius
S01 • E07 It reads, "To the makers of music - Strangest Things 00:08
It reads, "To the makers of music
S01 • E06 [narrator] The creature and the civilization behind it - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] The creature and the civilization behind it
S01 • E08 Is it really from a Nazi reactor? - Strangest Things 00:04
Is it really from a Nazi reactor?
S01 • E02 And this oxidation makes it very brittle. - Strangest Things 00:05
And this oxidation makes it very brittle.
S01 • E01 [Mark] It has about 60 lines, so it's quite small, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Mark] It has about 60 lines, so it's quite small,
S01 • E10 How does this strange artifact - Strangest Things 00:06
How does this strange artifact
S01 • E03 [narrator] But inside one of the coffins, - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] But inside one of the coffins,
S01 • E09 After more than a century, - Strangest Things 00:07
After more than a century,
S01 • E04 [Philip] It suggests a kind of thinking - Strangest Things 00:15
[Philip] It suggests a kind of thinking
S01 • E02 The copper is extremely thin, so if you were going to try and unroll it, - Strangest Things 00:09
The copper is extremely thin, so if you were going to try an...
S01 • E07 A snapshot of human life on Earth, - Strangest Things 00:06
A snapshot of human life on Earth,
S01 • E05 [Corey] Even 80 years later, - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] Even 80 years later,
S01 • E01 [Narrator] When the tablet is translated in 2009, - Strangest Things 00:08
[Narrator] When the tablet is translated in 2009,
S01 • E10 [Suspenseful music playing] - Strangest Things 00:19
[Suspenseful music playing]
S01 • E06 [narrator] But in 1900, - Strangest Things 00:16
[narrator] But in 1900,