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It's designed simply to improve primitive radio
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Strangest Things

It's designed simply toimprove primitive radio, but it accidentally starts aworld-changing...

It's designed simply to
improve primitive radio, but it accidentally starts a
world-changing technological revolution that's still going on today

Full Transcript

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It's designed simply to improve primitive radio,
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but it accidentally starts a world-changing technological revolution
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that's still going on today.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:17
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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • E06 [narrator] But as far as we know, - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] But as far as we know,
S01 • E08 H1 is created to find longitude, - Strangest Things 00:08
H1 is created to find longitude,
S01 • E04 They would have used tiny tools - Strangest Things 00:07
They would have used tiny tools
S01 • E07 It is a macabre supernatural device - Strangest Things 00:07
It is a macabre supernatural device
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 ...