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[narrator] Any country that can stop this by cracking the navigation problem
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Strangest Things

Any country that can stopthis by cracking the navigation problem will hold all the cards...

[narrator] Any country that can stop
this by cracking the navigation problem will hold all the cards for
world trade and empire building

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[narrator] Any country that can stop this by cracking the navigation problem
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will hold all the cards for world trade and empire building.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:20
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 • E10 This almost nothing you see, hear, or touch - Strangest Things 00:08
This almost nothing you see, hear, or touch
S01 • E05 [Kevin] If we look at the origins - Strangest Things 00:06
[Kevin] If we look at the origins
S01 • E09 [narrator] But this revolution depends increasingly on mathematics. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] But this revolution depends increasingly on mathe...
S01 • E03 In 1504, Gotz is fighting for a Bavarian Duke. - Strangest Things 00:05
In 1504, Gotz is fighting for a Bavarian Duke.
S01 • E02 But this was a science, really at its birth, and it's very early stages - Strangest Things 00:08
But this was a science, really at its birth, and it's v...
S01 • E07 [narrator] So, could it be the result of psychosis - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] So, could it be the result of psychosis
S01 • E01 [narrator] That explains how a piece of the Moon ends up in an art gallery. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] That explains how a piece of the Moon ends up in ...
S01 • E06 But how does this one become - Strangest Things 00:06
But how does this one become
S01 • E05 Gaia for Earth, Manteia for prophecy. - Strangest Things 00:05
Gaia for Earth, Manteia for prophecy.
S01 • E03 And during one of the battles, a cannonball hits his arm - Strangest Things 00:08
And during one of the battles, a cannonball hits his arm
S01 • E08 The British government wants to win this race. - Strangest Things 00:04
The British government wants to win this race.
S01 • E04 [Mark] The Lycurgus Cup is a cup - Strangest Things 00:15
[Mark] The Lycurgus Cup is a cup
S01 • E10 Now, we can bring this antique to life - Strangest Things 00:05
Now, we can bring this antique to life
S01 • E01 But why does this particular Moon rock - Strangest Things 00:07
But why does this particular Moon rock
S01 • E07 I don't think the Voynich manuscript was created - Strangest Things 00:07
I don't think the Voynich manuscript was created
S01 • E09 And in an age before electronic calculators, - Strangest Things 00:08
And in an age before electronic calculators,
S01 • E05 [Corey] Geomancy is a form of divination, - Strangest Things 00:10
[Corey] Geomancy is a form of divination,
S01 • E08 So, in 1714, they offer up to £20,000 for a solution, - Strangest Things 00:10
So, in 1714, they offer up to £20,000 for a solution,
S01 • E06 [ominous music playing] - Strangest Things 00:12
[ominous music playing]
S01 • E02 [narrator] Enter gentleman scientist, George Merryweather. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Enter gentleman scientist, George Merryweather.