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H1 is created to find longitude
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H1 is created to find longitude, something that has confoundedsailors for thousands of...

H1 is created to find longitude, something that has confounded
sailors for thousands of years

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H1 is created to find longitude,
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something that has confounded sailors for thousands of years.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:22
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.
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
S01 • E02 [Prof. Denison] As opposed to relying on just one leech - Strangest Things 00:14
[Prof. Denison] As opposed to relying on just one leech
S01 • E07 [Ruth] This weird thing is encased in mystery. - Strangest Things 00:04
[Ruth] This weird thing is encased in mystery.
S01 • E04 They actually undercut the design - Strangest Things 00:10
They actually undercut the design
S01 • E03 It's really amazing. It's made of wood and leather. - Strangest Things 00:05
It's really amazing. It's made of wood and leather...
S01 • E07 Nobody knew how it worked or where this came from. - Strangest Things 00:06
Nobody knew how it worked or where this came from.
S01 • E08 The catch phrase discovering longitude became a sort of way of saying - Strangest Things 00:08
The catch phrase discovering longitude became a sort of way ...
S01 • E05 [Mark] European politics in the medieval period - Strangest Things 00:08
[Mark] European politics in the medieval period
S01 • E09 So every stage of this process - Strangest Things 00:05
So every stage of this process
S01 • E03 It has a hinge so that it can move with her, - Strangest Things 00:09
It has a hinge so that it can move with her,
S01 • E10 How does it end up transforming everything? - Strangest Things 00:05
How does it end up transforming everything?
S01 • E07 [narrator] Now using the latest graphics technology, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Now using the latest graphics technology,
S01 • E09 Babbage looked at this and, out of frustration, actually stated, - Strangest Things 00:19
Babbage looked at this and, out of frustration, actually sta...
S01 • E01 [narrator] And size isn't the only thing that bothers scientists - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] And size isn't the only thing that bothers s...
S01 • E06 Although others were rather better known in life. - Strangest Things 00:05
Although others were rather better known in life.
S01 • E08 [narrator] Yet the basic principles don't seem all that complex. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Yet the basic principles don't seem all that...
S01 • E02 The more bells that rang, then the stronger your prediction was. - Strangest Things 00:06
The more bells that rang, then the stronger your prediction ...
S01 • E05 [Corey] It probably makes sense - Strangest Things 00:08
[Corey] It probably makes sense