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Strangest Things

Locked away in a glass cabinetin the British Museum is a mysterious metal mechanism...

Locked away in a glass cabinet
in the British Museum is a mysterious metal mechanism covered in strange sayings

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Locked away in a glass cabinet in the British Museum
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is a mysterious metal mechanism
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covered in strange sayings.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:22
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E10 But could religious ideas from such distant cultures - Strangest Things 00:10
But could religious ideas from such distant cultures
S01 • E06 Every feature immortalized in plaster - Strangest Things 00:14
Every feature immortalized in plaster
S01 • E04 But when you see footage of these pigeons - Strangest Things 00:10
But when you see footage of these pigeons
S01 • E08 In a locked cabinet at London's Science Museum, - Strangest Things 00:08
In a locked cabinet at London's Science Museum,
S01 • E03 [narrator] In a glass cabinet in Jagsthausen Castle - Strangest Things 00:09
[narrator] In a glass cabinet in Jagsthausen Castle
S01 • E09 [Auerbach] I can only imagine that Theremin was incredibly flattered - Strangest Things 00:12
[Auerbach] I can only imagine that Theremin was incredibly f...
S01 • E01 Well, we do at least know how we got hold - Strangest Things 00:05
Well, we do at least know how we got hold
S01 • E07 It's particularly I think - Strangest Things 00:11
It's particularly I think
S01 • E05 [Kevin] "I am the revealer of secrets, - Strangest Things 00:14
[Kevin] "I am the revealer of secrets,
S01 • E02 Twelve tiny leeches living in jars of water - Strangest Things 00:07
Twelve tiny leeches living in jars of water
S01 • E03 To the untrained eye, it just looks like a gauntlet you might see on a suit of armor. - Strangest Things 00:05
To the untrained eye, it just looks like a gauntlet you migh...
S01 • E04 [Corey] But as far as we know, the pigeon bomb - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] But as far as we know, the pigeon bomb
S01 • E10 The answer may lie within the disk itself. - Strangest Things 00:04
The answer may lie within the disk itself.
S01 • E08 This incredible device is designed to help - Strangest Things 00:07
This incredible device is designed to help
S01 • E06 This mask appears again and again - Strangest Things 00:07
This mask appears again and again
S01 • E03 This is something far, far stranger and more technologically advanced. - Strangest Things 00:06
This is something far, far stranger and more technologically...
S01 • E07 [narrator] So is it a book on Mexico - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] So is it a book on Mexico
S01 • E09 And then, on the other hand, you have a bit of metal. - Strangest Things 00:05
And then, on the other hand, you have a bit of metal.
S01 • E10 So when they look at the lead isotopes in the copper, - Strangest Things 00:13
So when they look at the lead isotopes in the copper,
S01 • E01 But picking up bits of rock isn't really the point of Apollo. - Strangest Things 00:04
But picking up bits of rock isn't really the point of A...