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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

The Invention of the Lock & Key

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The lock and key are such a central part of modern life, both technologically and metaphorically, but when and how did this technological advancement take place? In this Invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the ancient history of security technology.

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Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, my name is Robert Lam, and I'm Joe McCormack, and today

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we're going to be doing one of our invention episodes. We're going to be talking about

1:55.5

locks and keys. I've got a question at the beginning here. Did you rob ever play with a

2:01.8

like combination lock or any kind of lock sort of in a fidgety, almost fidget spinner kind of way

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