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People have done a reconstructionof the Baghdad Battery and found that because of...

People have done a reconstruction
of the Baghdad Battery and found that because of the
chemistry and the materials involved, it kind of can't help but be a
battery, which is really cool

Full Transcript

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People have done a reconstruction of the Baghdad Battery
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and found that because of the chemistry and the materials involved,
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it kind of can't help but be a battery, which is really cool.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:05
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 Stood for something that helps the sun - Strangest Things 00:09
Stood for something that helps the sun
S01 • E09 [narrator] The dark brown staining of all the finds - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] The dark brown staining of all the finds
S01 • E06 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:12
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E03 [narrator] So, quite remarkably, - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] So, quite remarkably,
S01 • E09 Smith Woodward hurries back to London with the finds. - Strangest Things 00:04
Smith Woodward hurries back to London with the finds.
S01 • E05 For 2000 years, the battle rages - Strangest Things 00:14
For 2000 years, the battle rages
S01 • E06 They know of the great Viking tales contained - Strangest Things 00:06
They know of the great Viking tales contained
S01 • E09 [Elliot] He's got this collection of fragments of skull and jaw. - Strangest Things 00:04
[Elliot] He's got this collection of fragments of skull...
S01 • E01 So, if the scarab beetle is so important, why on Earth make it from glass? - Strangest Things 00:07
So, if the scarab beetle is so important, why on Earth make ...
S01 • E03 But is this an accidental effect - Strangest Things 00:07
But is this an accidental effect
S01 • E09 And he embarks on putting these pieces back together to completing this puzzle - Strangest Things 00:09
And he embarks on putting these pieces back together to comp...
S01 • E06 In particular, the story of legendary explorer, - Strangest Things 00:06
In particular, the story of legendary explorer,
S01 • E04 [Corey] Price analyzes other fragments - Strangest Things 00:07
[Corey] Price analyzes other fragments
S01 • E03 Back in the third century, this region of Mesopotamia - Strangest Things 00:07
Back in the third century, this region of Mesopotamia
S01 • E01 All you need is sand and a source of heat. - Strangest Things 00:05
All you need is sand and a source of heat.
S01 • E06 [Kevin] Leif Erikson heard a tale - Strangest Things 00:13
[Kevin] Leif Erikson heard a tale
S01 • E09 [narrator] He fills in the gaps between the fossil fragments - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] He fills in the gaps between the fossil fragments
S01 • E05 [Sascha] The Germans were convinced - Strangest Things 00:10
[Sascha] The Germans were convinced
S01 • E01 You melt sand at very high temperatures and then you can add other materials, - Strangest Things 00:08
You melt sand at very high temperatures and then you can add...
S01 • E04 And he makes an even more astonishing claim. - Strangest Things 00:05
And he makes an even more astonishing claim.