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021 - The Antikythera Mechanism and Shipwreck

No Dumb Questions

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The Input to the Device?

Xenophon said in ancient literature they find references to these types of devices. These guys had little tablets like we do, to calculate things. The whole fascinating thing of all this is we had no idea that this civilization was that advanced. And it sets my brain on fire, because what else did they have that we don't have, you know? Oh, it has to be a ton, man.

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