The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

The Eclipse that Killed a King

Apr 2, 2024

19:33

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Rama IV of Siam (from the “King and I” musical) used an eclipse to save his kingdom from greedy colonial powers. But it cost him his own life in the end.

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