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Strangest Things

In 1887, physicist Heinrich Hertz usesa spark to generate electromagnetic waves what...

[Electrical buzzing] In 1887, physicist Heinrich Hertz uses
a spark to generate electromagnetic waves what would come to be called
radiowaves

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In 1887,
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physicist Heinrich Hertz uses a spark to generate
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electromagnetic waves
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what would come to be called radiowaves.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:39
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
10
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 • E06 [narrator] But this young girl is no royal. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] But this young girl is no royal.
S01 • E08 All you need to crack longitude is to know - Strangest Things 00:07
All you need to crack longitude is to know
S01 • E02 An animal that holds a unique fascination to Victorians. - Strangest Things 00:05
An animal that holds a unique fascination to Victorians.
S01 • E01 They found lots of small holes filled with quartz. - Strangest Things 00:04
They found lots of small holes filled with quartz.
S01 • E06 She doesn't produce great works of art - Strangest Things 00:07
She doesn't produce great works of art
S01 • E09 [narrator] It will solve an equation called a polynomial, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] It will solve an equation called a polynomial,
S01 • E04 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:11
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E02 He claims that leeches can sense a change in the weather - Strangest Things 00:08
He claims that leeches can sense a change in the weather
S01 • E05 [Corey] Next, you take the pattern of dots - Strangest Things 00:08
[Corey] Next, you take the pattern of dots
S01 • E03 First one was still rather relatively remarkable - Strangest Things 00:12
First one was still rather relatively remarkable
S01 • E01 [narrator] Quartz is abundant on the Earth - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Quartz is abundant on the Earth
S01 • E07 When the British Museum acquired this object - Strangest Things 00:11
When the British Museum acquired this object
S01 • E10 This create another spark in a receiver several feet away. - Strangest Things 00:05
This create another spark in a receiver several feet away.
S01 • E02 The leech looks like a really primitive thing, just kind of a slug. - Strangest Things 00:05
The leech looks like a really primitive thing, just kind of ...
S01 • E09 And it will do this using a mathematical approach - Strangest Things 00:09
And it will do this using a mathematical approach
S01 • E05 Each row of mother dots produces another daughter - Strangest Things 00:06
Each row of mother dots produces another daughter
S01 • E01 The problem is neither of those are found on the Moon. - Strangest Things 00:05
The problem is neither of those are found on the Moon.
S01 • E08 To win the top prize from the British government, - Strangest Things 00:07
To win the top prize from the British government,
S01 • E04 For centuries, its secrets remained a mystery. - Strangest Things 00:05
For centuries, its secrets remained a mystery.
S01 • E02 But actually, it's an amazingly sophisticated creature. - Strangest Things 00:06
But actually, it's an amazingly sophisticated creature.