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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Seeing Red

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Some of the most amazing tales in history are about artwork, and today's tour of the Cabinet will reveal a couple that you'll never forget.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:27.7

The human spirit is rarely satisfied.

0:30.4

There's always another goal, another milestone to reach.

0:34.2

Scientists with their eyes to the sky don't see a final victory.

0:37.6

They see an endless horizon of possibilities.

0:41.0

In the 1970s and 80s, the United States and the Soviet Union were in competition, sending

0:46.7

small craft and rovers toward Mars to learn everything they could about a potentially

0:51.8

brand new world.

0:54.5

But our fascination with the right planet didn't start there.

0:58.0

Since the late 19th century, when it was discovered that there were trenches on Mars, possibly

1:03.0

man-made, we've wondered whether we're truly alone in the universe.

1:07.6

Perhaps not.

1:09.1

H.G. Wells famously wrote about a Martian invasion in his 1898 classic War of the Worlds,

1:15.6

an arm session with what could be up there hasn't debated.

1:18.8

Nikola Tesla once claimed that Martians were even communicating with him via signals they

1:23.8

sent to Earth.

1:25.5

Dr. Hugh Mansfield Robinson also thought Martians were communicating with him.

1:30.6

In the 1920s, Robinson had surrounded himself with as much literature as he could find about

1:35.7

Mars.

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