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021 - The Antikythera Mechanism and Shipwreck

No Dumb Questions

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The Moon Is Like a Marble

The moon is like a marble. Imagine a marble that's black on one side and white on the other. 50, 50, right? And so we're goin to have to paint a a visual image for your brain here. The reason this is so amazing is because, a, we had no idea that back in the hellenistic period, they had the ability to machine, or fabricate, whatever word you want to use, gears with teeth that were this fine. We had no idea they had this amount of knowledge of heavenly bodies,. all these things. This is the mind blowing part thi sky.

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