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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

The Little Things

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Today your tour guide will show you some amazing tales made possible by the brilliant work of talented people. Prepare to be amazed!

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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

Our children are often seen as extensions of ourselves.

0:31.3

They embody the best and the worst of us, learning by watching how we navigate the

0:36.2

world.

0:37.4

In a way, we program them like we would a computer, hoping they do what we tell them

0:42.0

to do with as little friction as possible.

0:45.2

We do our best to instill in them proper values, a solid work ethic, and the drive to pursue

0:50.9

their dreams.

0:52.8

One really are the future, and for Pierre Jacques-Ade-Rose, truer words have never been spoken.

1:00.8

Pierre made watches and elaborate mechanical objects.

1:04.6

His skills were unmatched and the pieces he created were the most precise and beautiful

1:09.2

things a person could own.

1:11.4

He built music boxes featuring ornate songbirds, tweeting and chirping just like the real thing,

1:17.6

their wings fluttering along in tones of gold and emerald.

1:21.4

He invented new ways for people to wind their watches by simply using the motion of their

1:25.9

bodies.

1:27.6

Along with his son Henri Luiz and his partner Friedrich, Pierre's talents were known

1:32.7

throughout Paris.

1:34.0

However, Pierre's watches were expensive, both to make and to own, and at some point the

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