1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,199 Terrible Tudors Gorgeous Georgians 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:04,519 Slimy Stuarts Vile Victorians 3 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:05,719 Woeful wars Ferocious fights 4 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:07,039 Dingy castles Daring knights 5 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,119 Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts 6 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:10,719 Awful Egyptians Vicious Vikings 7 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,679 Cruel crime Punishments from ancient times 8 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:13,919 Romans - rotten, rank and ruthless 9 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,479 Cavemen - savage, fierce and toothless 10 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,839 Groovy Greeks Brainy sages 11 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,239 Mean and measly Middle Ages 12 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,719 Gory stories we do that 13 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,319 And your host a talking rat 14 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,159 The past is no longer a mystery 15 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:27,559 Welcome to... 16 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,599 Horrible Histories. 17 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,559 - Horrible Histories presents Twisted Technology. 18 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,999 - Welcome to my workshop where I've invented some of the greatest 19 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,759 rodent tech of all time. 20 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,879 Like the Interat, where you can use Snaprat and Ratsapp to squeak 21 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,839 to your friends online, or share funny cat videos, 22 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,759 or - as we call them in the rat world 23 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,959 THUNDER CRACKS 24 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,519 Yes, technology is all around us, 25 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,599 even in your home, from your computer to the light bulbs 26 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,279 to the lock on your front door. 27 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,599 All of them were cutting-edge tech when they were first invented, 28 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,000 although it took a bit of time to perfect them. 29 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,279 - Bitsy, darling, hurry up! 30 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,639 I'd like to make a call on my brand-new mobile phone! 31 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,119 Yes, I'm very successful. 32 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,839 - Oh, the weight of this thing is killing me! 33 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,879 - Oh, come on! 34 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,279 How bad can it be-e-e! 35 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,600 Oh! - What is that? - Gosh. 36 00:01:31,601 --> 00:01:34,559 It's a bit on the weighty side, isn't it? 37 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,439 - Oh, it's over five kilos! 38 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,999 It weighs about the same as a fully grown cat. 39 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,439 - But it's so wonderful to be out and about and able to communicate. 40 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,559 Don't mind me, I'm just making a call to somebody in Bristol! 41 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,199 The other side of the country, right here in the street! 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,679 - Oh, ow, ow, ow! 43 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,199 I'm OK, I'm OK. - Oh, oh, oh. - I'm OK. 44 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,879 I'm OK! 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,479 Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Hello, Brenda. 46 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,839 - Hello! - Not you, Bitsy. - Oh. 47 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,959 - Yes, no, it's me, Gwendoline. 48 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,159 I'm just calling you from the streets of London 49 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,280 on my brand-new mobile phone! 50 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,799 Hello? Hello? 51 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,719 I think the signal's gone. Hello, hello? Hello, hello? 52 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,879 Ah, there you are. Yes, no, it's ever so convenient, actually. 53 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,159 Yes, it did cost a lot of money, actually, almost as much as 54 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,719 a luxury holiday! 55 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,079 But it's so great not to be stuck at home with a boring normal phone. 56 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,919 I know Brenda? Brenda? Hello? - BEEPING 57 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:35,919 - Brenda! Oh! It's out of batteries! 58 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,639 - Battery life only lasts 35 minutes. - What? 59 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,719 - We could go back home and charge it if you like? 60 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,479 - Oh! But it's supposed to be mobile! What's the point? 61 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:44,839 - I'll go and get the car. 62 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,559 - No, because I had to sell the car to pay for the phone! 63 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,519 It's fine, we'll just... Just walk. 64 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,159 Here we go. OK, ah! 65 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:55,920 Oh, yeah. 66 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,679 - Ah, Robert Dudley, my favourite Earl of Leicester. 67 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,479 To what does one owe the pleasure? 68 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,159 - Your Majesty I have brought you a new year's gift. 69 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,399 - Oh, a pressie for little old me! 70 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,559 Well, it's too small to be a castle. 71 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:12,999 - RATTLING 72 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,359 - It doesn't sound like a new country. It's... 73 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,599 Ah, what is it? 74 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,119 - It's an arm watch. 75 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,879 One of the very first of its kind in England. 76 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,079 It's a beautiful bracelet with a teeny clock inside. 77 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,999 - Why? - Well, er, it means 78 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,039 that you'll know the time no matter where you go. 79 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,719 - Er, I already know the time. 80 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,839 When I wake up it's morning, when my tummy rumbles it's yum-yum time... 81 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,799 - Yum-yum time. - And when I yawn it's time for bed. 82 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,919 No, no rumbles yet. Give it about an hour, Thomas. See? 83 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,439 - With this arm watch, you'll know when an hour has passed. 84 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,999 If I were to ask you to meet me for a stroll in the gardens at, say, 85 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,679 ten in the morning, you'd know when to meet me. 86 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,359 - And how will you know what time to meet me 87 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,879 for this stroll in the gardens? 88 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,119 - Well, I suppose like everyone else I'd have to 89 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,799 walk into the town and look at the town clock. - Oh, yeah? 90 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,159 - Of course it would take me a little time to walk back. 91 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,239 - And you'd better not be late for our walk, Dudley. 92 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,479 - It's incredibly expensive, 93 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,239 covered in diamonds and rubies. 94 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,639 Everyone's going to be totes jealous! 95 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,159 - Oh, why didn't you say so? I'll keep it! 96 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,159 - Oh! - Oh, Giles? 97 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,639 - Yes, Your Majesty. 98 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,239 - Er, yep, you're late. Take him to the Tower. 99 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,759 - What, why? 100 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,839 - Should have got yourself an arm watch, mate. 101 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,960 Yes, he should have WATCHED OUT! - Very good! 102 00:04:38,901 --> 00:04:41,639 - Welcome to Bletchley Park. 103 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,159 I'm Thomas Flowers, principal engineer and designer of 104 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,039 Colossus, the world's first electronic computer. 105 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,679 During the Second World War, with the help of the Colossus, 106 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,879 we were able to crack German army codes 107 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,239 so we could read their secret messages. 108 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,040 And that helped us win the war. 109 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,879 OK, I'll just go and get the printer. 110 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,279 GRUNTING 111 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:04,799 Right. 112 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,479 The machines even printed out the codes for us. 113 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,439 But tell me, what was the problem with 114 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,519 the Colossus Number 7's printer? 115 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,760 Did it...? 116 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,719 The answer is B. The printer's motion was so fierce that it 117 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,150 made the machine shuffle across the room until it unplugged itself. 118 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,039 It happened so much we had to tie it down with these ropes... 119 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,239 - Argh! Get out of the way! 120 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,559 - Oh, probably should have tied that down before I switched 121 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,039 it on, shouldn't I? 122 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Come back! 123 00:05:40,201 --> 00:05:43,919 When you think of cutting-edge technology, you might 124 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,399 think of 3D printers, electric bikes 125 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,799 or a sausage pen. 126 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,519 It's both a pen and a sausage. 127 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,199 I invented that one. 128 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,079 Yes, our homes are filled with technology that 129 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,639 people from history would think was really bougie. 130 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,319 Some of it was deliberately designed to solve problems, 131 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,919 but other things were discovered completely by accident. 132 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,399 Look, it's a sausage a-and a pen. 133 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:10,880 It's never been done before. 134 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,559 - Dr Percy Spencer. 135 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,399 - Yes? - This had better be a major breakthrough in military 136 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,679 technology, Doctor. 137 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,239 I have an hour and 45 minutes 138 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,199 until my jacket potato is ready for lunch. 139 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,839 - Then I think you'll be glad you came, sir. Recognise this? 140 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:28,719 - Ah, yes, the cavity magnetron. 141 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,439 Hmm, a bit of kit that uses a type of radiation called microwaves 142 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,239 to detect enemy aircraft and ships. I've read the briefing, Doctor. 143 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,239 - But last night, sir, I was working next to the magnetron 144 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,280 when something...curious happened. 145 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,079 - What are you looking at? 146 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,399 - Oh, I was just remembering something. 147 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,399 I was working late in my lab. 148 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,320 Unknown to me, the magnetron was still on. 149 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,959 I felt a tingling sensation run 150 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,999 through my entire body. 151 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,919 But once the tingling stopped, 152 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,079 I was left with something warm, soft, brown 153 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,639 in my pocket. 154 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,639 - Is this really something you want to be sharing? 155 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,879 - Absolutely. It had a familiar smell, but I still couldn't be sure. 156 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,880 So I did what any good scientist would do. 157 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,439 - Ew! Gross! 158 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,959 - No, sir, I was talking about chocolate. - Chocolate? 159 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,879 - I had a bar in my back pocket and it melted. 160 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,599 Why, what did you think? Er, no, look! What I'm trying to 161 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,359 say here, sir, is the microwaves emitted 162 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,839 from the magnetron heated the chocolate in my pocket 163 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,239 and cooked it. 164 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,279 And it works on stuff like corn as well. 165 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,279 Here, sir, you'll want to brace yourself. 166 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,799 - Brace myself for what? 167 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,439 - Oh, you'll see. 168 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,359 - Ah, we're taking fire! 169 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,079 - No, sir. 170 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,519 We're making popcorn. 171 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,479 I believe I've invented some kind of cooking machine. 172 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,599 - Fascinating. - It seems to heat things up 173 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,279 much, much faster than with a traditional oven. 174 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,639 So no more waiting for your lunchtime jacket potato. 175 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,839 - Oh, I'll have to take this to the joint chiefs. 176 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,199 - Oh, my microwave cooker? 177 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,359 - No, popcorn. They love snacks. 178 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,639 What else can this thing do? 179 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,000 - Er, well, I was just about to try it out with an egg. 180 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,160 Less time for egg. 181 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,280 - Ahem, watch and learn, Grover. 182 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:27,039 - Yes? - Madam, I'm Hubert Cecil Booth of the Vacuum Cleaner Company Ltd 183 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,599 and I'm here to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime. 184 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,439 - Ooh! - Let me introduce 185 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,759 Puffing Billy, the first petrol-powered vacuum cleaner, 186 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,239 available to you 187 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,839 for just a small fee. 188 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,279 - Ooh, how exciting! 189 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,559 - Switch on her five-horsepower engine 190 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,480 and she will suck the dirt right out of your house. 191 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,520 Ooh! 192 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,599 - Whoa! 193 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,879 - Well, I suppose it does seem effective. Do come in. 194 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,879 - Oh! Ooh! 195 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,399 - Madam, today's your lucky day. I've sold machines like this to 196 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,879 the German Emperor William II, 197 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,119 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 198 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,919 and Sultan Abdul Hamid in Constantinople. 199 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,959 - Oh, gosh that is impressive. - Turn her on, Grover. 200 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,480 - Right you are, boss! 201 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,799 - Oh, it's doing a wonderful job. 202 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,319 - Yeah, I came up with the idea 203 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,359 by sucking dirt from a chair through some cloth 204 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,880 with my mouth like this. 205 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:24,919 - Oh, please don't do that. 206 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,159 - Sorry. - Urgh! 207 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,119 - How about paying us to do the whole house? We could start at the bottom 208 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,959 and go all the way up to the top. 209 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,319 - All the way up to the top! Full power it is, boss. 210 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,400 - Oh, no! Oh, no! 211 00:09:36,401 --> 00:09:41,199 Just a few teething troubles. This didn't happen 212 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,159 when my invention cleaned Westminster Abbey 213 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,199 for King Edward VII's coronation. 214 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,439 Oh, whoa! 215 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,399 - Captain Peck! - Turn it off! 216 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,559 - Turn it up? It's already on full. 217 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,879 - What's going on? Whoa! 218 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,159 - Oh, no! 219 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,999 Oh, well, I think we can agree 220 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,639 the room is spotless. 221 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,519 - Ah! Whoa! - Oh! 222 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,599 - Boss, I think we've got a blockage. 223 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,600 - You don't say. - Hmm. 224 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,519 - Ah, Gladys, you're back. 225 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,519 I trust you had a smashing vacation. 226 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,199 - I did, thank you, ma'am, 227 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,279 And I just wanted to apologise for chipping 228 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,959 the china on the day I left. - Oh! 229 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,959 Think no more on it. - Are you sure you're not mad at me, ma'am? 230 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,639 - No, no, it was just my best 350-year-old priceless 231 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,839 family china. - Right. 232 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,719 It's just the other maids said you had a rather extreme reaction. 233 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,639 - Would one call inventing a whole machine that washes dishes 234 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,399 just so you can't break them any more extreme? 235 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,319 - You invented a dish washing machine? 236 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,959 Whoa. - It was either that or I do the dishes myself, 237 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,719 which would have been extreme. 238 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,679 - What exactly does this dish washing machine of yours do? 239 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:57,999 - It washes dishes. 240 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,839 It removes dirt and the possibility of clumsy 241 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,760 human beings smashing my crockery. 242 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,519 Don't smash that, too! 243 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,759 - I just wanted to see how it worked. 244 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,999 - It's simply a wheel mounted inside a copper boiler 245 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,719 which gently turns the delicate 246 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,679 dishes through the soapy water, 247 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,239 instead of smashing them together 248 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,599 like an angry cavewoman, 249 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,839 which I can only assume is your technique. 250 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,119 - Oh! - People adore my idea. I've already 251 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,039 had several orders from hotels and restaurants. 252 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:37,279 It might be the first commercially successful dishwasher in history. 253 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,399 I expect I will be quite rich. 254 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,159 - As long as you're not angry, I shall go about my duties. 255 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,479 - Oh! Excellent! 256 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,399 Of course those duties will no longer include dish smashing. 257 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:49,999 - You mean dish washing. 258 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,360 - I know what I mean. 259 00:11:52,031 --> 00:11:58,279 Did you know computers were invented thousands of years ago? 260 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,039 Well, kind of. Come on, give me 20 seconds. 261 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,479 I'll convince you. Ready? Go! 262 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,119 Charles Babbage invented the first thing you recognise as a computer, 263 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,959 the Analytical Engine, back in 1833. It was used for calculations. 264 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,559 The first calculator was made in 1623, 265 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:15,679 but thousands of years before that, they used abacuses and even 266 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:17,959 before the abacus came, the Ishango bone, 267 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,479 which was from about 20,000 years ago 268 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,599 and might well have been used for counting and calculating. 269 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,010 So in a way that makes it a kind of computer. Phew! 270 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,799 - Where's Daddy's little princess? 271 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,759 Ey, I've got a surprise for you! 272 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,999 - Oh, Dad, you haven't! It isn't...? 273 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,959 - It is, come on! 274 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,319 - Eek! - I got you your very own 275 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,959 Ishango bone. Yeah, or, what you kids like 276 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,119 to call it, iBone, innit. 277 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,159 - Thanks, Dad. It's just I was kind of 278 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,679 hoping for the iBone 5. 279 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:50,359 - What? There's nothing wrong with the 4! This Ishango bone 280 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,199 is top-notch technology, you know. Literally! Bare notches. 281 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,079 Look, 168 etchings. 282 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,959 - It's just I was kind of holding out for the one with the extra 283 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,959 notches on the side. - Ah, you don't need extra notches on the side. 284 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,799 Look, you've got the lines there that you can count 285 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,039 and do your times tables. - OK. 286 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,279 - Look, look. Two rows there 287 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,719 that add up to 60, and then one in the middle that 288 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,079 adds up to 48. 289 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,559 You could use it to count the phases of the moon. 290 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,119 - Is that the biggest one they had? 291 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:19,199 - Listen, this is genuine baboon fibula. 292 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,479 - Huh? 293 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,119 - Straight from the baboon's leg! - Hmm. 294 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,319 It's just my friend said that it's difficult to spot 295 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,679 the difference between the baboon's one and the knock-off. 296 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:31,439 - This one has got the quartz fixed to the end, yeah? 297 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,839 So you could do your engravings and that. 298 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,759 - Aw, thanks, Dad! I love it! - Hey-hey! 299 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,119 I know how you young people like your latest gadgets and that. 300 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,599 - Although I'll probably just use it for games and stuff. 301 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,079 Pow-pow-pow! Take that! 302 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,159 - Look at that, she loves it. - Pow-pow-pow! 303 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,719 - Notches in bones, eh? What will they think of next? 304 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,199 - SCREECHING 305 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,400 - Oh, oh! - Watch out for the angry one-legged baboon! 306 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,839 - Welcome to Historical Dragons' Den 307 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,719 where inventors from history come to pitch their creations 308 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,360 to our modern business dragons. 309 00:14:05,141 --> 00:14:08,079 Our dragons are looking to put 310 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,959 their own money into the right project. 311 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,199 And the first historical inventor before them is 312 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,279 Nikola Tesla. An early pioneer of electricity, can his new bit of tech 313 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:17,919 shock them into investing? 314 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,119 - Hello, Dragons. Grr! Pfff-pfff. 315 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,519 Bllllrrrp! Bllllrrrp! 316 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,279 I don't know why I did that. Sorry. 317 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,279 - So, Mr Tesla, I've heard lots of exciting things 318 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,359 about your work with electric motors and how to power them. 319 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,199 Have you got something electrifying 320 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,839 for us today? 321 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,479 - I certainly have. You're my favourite. 322 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,279 Presenting the mechanical oscillator, 323 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,279 powered by compressed air. Ta-da! 324 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,279 - What does it do? - Allow me to demonstrate 325 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,239 using one of the greatest American novelists. 326 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,160 It's Mr Mark Twain, woo! 327 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,399 - Hello, Dragons, Nikola. 328 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,639 - Can Tesla's vibrating machine shake 329 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,280 our dragons into investing? 330 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,080 - Ooh-hoo-hoo! 331 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,479 - I'd shake you by the hand, Mr Twain, but 332 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,039 you're shaking enough already. 333 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,719 - It is a very pleasant sensation. 334 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,159 - Whoa! 335 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,839 It gives you vigour and vitality! 336 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,079 - It certainly gives him something. 337 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,919 - You'll see the genius of my machine any minute now. 338 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,639 - Oh! Is there a toilet 339 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,559 nearby? As in very nearby? 340 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,439 - It's just, er, over there. 341 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,439 Although from the sounds of it, I think it might be too late. 342 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,999 - So you've invented a machine that makes famous 343 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,479 novelists poo themselves. - That's right. 344 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,679 Now, who wants to invest? 345 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,959 - Like the contents of Mr Twain's bottom, I'm out. 346 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,159 - A blow for Tesla. 347 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,239 With Deborah out, will Peter or Sara 348 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,079 invest in his poo platform? 349 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,839 - Does it do anything else? 350 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,719 - What else does it need to do? It is fantastic. 351 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,639 Would any of you like to try it out? 352 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,239 - I'll give it a try. - Sit down, Peter. - Aw. 353 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,479 - No-one wants to see a dragon poop on TV. 354 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,039 - With the greatest of respect, I'm out, too. 355 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,479 - PARP! 356 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,519 - Oh, no, no, no, no, Mr Twain, 357 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,519 that's not the toilet, that's the lift. 358 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,759 - PARP! 359 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,919 - Too late. 360 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,870 - MARK TWAIN: - Oh! Anyone invented self-cleaning pants? 361 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,879 - A vibrating poo platform? I'd invest. 362 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,479 Sadly that bit of tech isn't still around, 363 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,079 but a lot of old technology is, 364 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,679 like the bow and arrow. Oh! 365 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,439 Still used today, this game-changing bit of kit was invented to 366 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,840 make hunting easier in prehistoric times. 367 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:30,959 - Sire. - Hmm. 368 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,639 - I think you'll be impressed. I've invented a new weapon 369 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,519 that will revolutionise hunting. - Oh, exciting. 370 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,999 - I started with a small sharpened piece of bone. 371 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,959 - But that is tiny. You will never catch a lion with this. 372 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,010 Look. 373 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,119 Did that hurt? - Er, well, a little bit. 374 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,319 - No, it didn't. - OK, but I hadn't finished. 375 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,199 You see, next, I glued it to the end of a piece of wood. 376 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,279 - Ah, you are wasting your time. Look, this is the smallest spear 377 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,679 I have ever seen. You will never 378 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,799 catch a vicious beast with this child's toy, look. 379 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,359 - Ah! - Did that hurt? 380 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,239 - It hurt quite a lot, actually. - No again. 381 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,599 - What if I said I could 382 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,919 hurl this tiny spear a vast distance 383 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,639 and hit a target using this? - Interesting. 384 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:10,840 Let me have a go. 385 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,010 Hmm. 386 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,439 - Ah! - Ah, useless! 387 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,079 This will never catch a leopard. 388 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,640 - I wouldn't be so sure, ah! - Watch me, Sire. 389 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:25,880 - Oh, impressive! Hmm-hmm. 390 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,199 So hold it like this? 391 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,119 Right. 392 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,679 - Ow! Oh, Sire! 393 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,919 - I would have hit the target if he didn't get in the way. 394 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,679 Let me have another go. 395 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,279 - I think I'll stand over here. 396 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,279 - OK. This is the one. 397 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,330 Fire. 398 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,479 - Oh! - Ah, oh! 399 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,439 - It's broken. - Ah! 400 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,959 - Try again but round the other way. - Yeah, that way. - Oh! 401 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,280 OK. Round this way, all right. 402 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,519 - AH! - Oh, er... - Where is it? 403 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,639 - Ah, ah, it's here. 404 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,599 - I mean, the bow round the other way. 405 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,919 - Yes. - Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I'm getting out of here! 406 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,320 Ah! 407 00:18:07,531 --> 00:18:11,999 - Look, it's bound to take a bit of getting used to. 408 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,399 - Hmm. - A bit! 409 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,199 - I'm pretty sure I'm getting the hang of this now. 410 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,370 - Please, please, please, please, please 411 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:20,799 - You did it! 412 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,999 - THEY LAUGH 413 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,239 - Amazing! You have invented a tool that can fire 414 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,359 small spears. - I call it a bow and arrow. 415 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,919 - The bow and arrow! - Er, actually the other way, 416 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,320 but it doesn't matter. - Ah! 417 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,039 - Hey there, peasant farmer! - Hey! What you doing 418 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,319 creeping about like that? 419 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,839 - I'm sorry. I'm a bit nervous, you see? First day as a salesman. 420 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,719 Right. Ahem, hello, sir/madam. 421 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,439 I wanted to see if you were interested 422 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,639 in the offer of a lifetime. - I'm busy. 423 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,919 I have to till these fields before sundown 424 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,599 and it takes ages with these tools. 425 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,159 I have to plant the seed or we won't have 426 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:01,799 grain and my children will starve. 427 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,959 - But that's exactly why I'm here. - You want to adopt Kenny? 428 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,719 - What? No, no, no, no, no, no. - Worth a try. 429 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,200 - I want to sell you something. 430 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,599 It's called the plough. 431 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,519 - Can't eat that. It's made out of wood. 432 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,719 - You don't eat this, you farm with it. 433 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,959 A demonstration of the tech of the future. 434 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,840 So you drag it like this! 435 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,719 The spike digs out a channel behind you. Then you just drop in 436 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:24,999 the seeds as you go. 437 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,519 Now, the plough uses a highly scientific 438 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,399 concept known as pulling. 439 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,759 - All right. If this "ploo" is so good, 440 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,319 why haven't I heard of it before? 441 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,319 - Plough. - Play. - Plough. 442 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,919 - Palee. - We'll work on it. It's only just been invented. 443 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,359 You know what, let me just show you 444 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:42,999 how good this plough really is. 445 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,439 - Fine! But I don't think it's going to work. 446 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,159 - See how easy this is? 447 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,519 - Hmm. - You can do this field in seconds, huh? 448 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,559 - Oh, no, I'm still not convinced, you know? 449 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,399 I might need a longer demonstration, so just keep going. 450 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,559 Better to watch an expert like you show me how it's done, innit. 451 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,119 - I am an expert. 452 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:02,159 - Idiot. 453 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,799 You crack on, mate. I'm just going to nip off for a second. 454 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,919 I'll be... I'll be right back. 455 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,279 - Oh. Oh, yeah, bring in more customers. I love it! 456 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,920 Bring the whole neighbourhood. 457 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,639 With the lift hosed down and the windows open, the Dragons 458 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,359 are welcoming their next historical hopeful to the den - 459 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,079 Chinese mathematician, astronomer, inventor, 460 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,319 engineer, scholar and artist Zhang Heng. 461 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,639 - Hello, Dragons. 462 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,079 - Sometimes called the da Vinci of Ancient China, 463 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,599 can he artfully get our Dragons to invest? 464 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,439 - Mr Zhang Heng, 465 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,839 what have you brought to show us? 466 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,799 - This is Houfeng Didong Yi. 467 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,879 It is one of the first devices to detect earthquakes. 468 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,079 - Your device is obviously way ahead of its time. How does it work? 469 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,319 - If any vibrations in the ground are detected, 470 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,119 a ball is shaken from the dragon's mouth 471 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:50,290 in the direction of the earthquake source. 472 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,439 - I think the design is charming. 473 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,319 - Very few people move the unshakeable Dragons, 474 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,239 so could this be a great sign? 475 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,519 - I'm confused, how is it making this building shake? 476 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,639 - It's not, it's detecting quite a big earthquake. 477 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,599 We should really run. 478 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,480 - We're all in! Someone save the cash! 479 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,850 - Looks like Zhang's tech has really brought the house down. 480 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,839 - Hello, I'm Thomas Edison, one of the greatest 481 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,719 and most inventive minds ever to have lived. 482 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,519 I suffered with quite bad hearing loss, 483 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,519 so when my musician friend Hans Von Bulow visited 484 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,959 so I could record him playing the piano on the phonograph, 485 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,480 how did I listen along to it? Did I...? 486 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,679 The answer is B, I bit the instruments. 487 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,199 The sound vibrations would travel through my teeth, then through 488 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,839 my skull and into the hearing nerve inside my head. It's genius! 489 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,679 OK, Hans, hit it! 490 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,439 - PIANO PLAYS 491 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,480 MUFFLED: - Oh, yeah! This is a real banger. 492 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,519 - Loo man, loo man The living toilet poo man 493 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,439 From the Middle Ages With a bucket 494 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,479 So that you can have a poo 495 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,159 In a private place 496 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,399 Sitting on my bucket with a cape to hide your face 497 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,439 Head, bum and then you're done 498 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,439 I will charge depending if you did a two or one 499 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,279 Loo man! 500 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,599 - Please welcome today's historical figure who really needs the loo - 501 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,279 Hedy Lamarr! 502 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,200 CHEERING 503 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,039 - Greetings, friend. 504 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,439 Are you the 1940s superstar film actor Hedy Lamarr, 505 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,239 also known as the most beautiful girl in the world? 506 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,479 - LAUGHTER 507 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,759 - Yes, I suppose I am. Sorry, I was hoping to, erm, use the bathroom. 508 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:47,799 - PARP! 509 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,399 - Well, you're in luck for I am Loo Man! 510 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,799 - APPLAUSE 511 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,319 - You, Hedy Lamarr, have been transported through time 512 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,559 from the 1940s 513 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,039 through a mechanism too complicated to explain. 514 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,079 - Oh, I don't know. I'm also an engineer and inventor, so... 515 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,719 - AUDIENCE: - Ooh! - Hold on. As well as a film star? 516 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,999 - Yes, er, I invented a cube that you could drop into water to 517 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,479 make a refreshing drink like cola. 518 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,719 - Does it work with all liquids? - No. 519 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,199 No. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS 520 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,399 - Well, that's a shame. 521 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,079 Plop Quiz! 522 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,359 - What is happening? 523 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:22,479 - Answer questions one and two, and I'll let you do a... 524 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,199 - AUDIENCE: - Poo! 525 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,439 - Please can we be quick? I've got a couple of extras wanting to 526 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,199 - FLATULENCE 527 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,959 - Say no more. Question number one. 528 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,239 You were in films like Samson and Delilah and Boom Town - 529 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,439 that one sounds good. But tell me about some of your tech. 530 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:42,959 - OK, during the Second World War I invented a piece of technology 531 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,239 to help the war effort. 532 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,879 It was called a Frequency Hopping Guided System. 533 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,319 - If my customers had a guided system, I'd have to mop the floor 534 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,359 a lot less. 535 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:51,679 - LAUGHTER 536 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:52,919 - It's horrible, actually. 537 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,639 - It was a radio signal that couldn't be hacked, 538 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,119 so the Nazis couldn't interfere with our torpedoes. 539 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:00,639 - PARP! 540 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,959 - Sounds like you want to launch a torpedo yourself, love. 541 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,239 Question number two. Do you think you'll leave 542 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,999 a lasting legacy, aside from that smell? 543 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,359 - Well, apparently the work I did on the Frequency Hopping System 544 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,679 was later vital to the development of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. 545 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:16,919 - AUDIENCE: - Ooh! 546 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,839 - Well, I don't know about Wi-Fi but I know that that was really whiffy. 547 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,119 Hedy Lamarr, it's been an absolute pleasure. 548 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,239 You may pass. - Oh! 549 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,679 - APPLAUSE 550 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,159 - Time to release a blockbuster. 551 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,799 - Well, I know I'll be tuning in. Join me next time 552 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,879 when I'll be stopping another historical celeb 553 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,879 from taking a poo, to ask questions just for you. 554 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,120 - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 555 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,239 Well, I've been working hard and I've created some brand-new tech. 556 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,800 Presenting Rattus 2.0. 557 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,280 I call it Rat GPT. 558 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,599 He's going to do my job for me while I lie on a beach somewhere. 559 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,119 - Thomas Edison was one of history's busiest tech wizzies, 560 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,839 creating over 1,000 inventions. 561 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,559 - See? He's amazing! 562 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,839 - And they don't have to pay me. 563 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,079 Edison helped develop electricity, sound recording, cinema 564 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,159 and even X-rays. 565 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,319 - Hang on, this thing could put me out of a job! 566 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,799 - Here's Edison to tell you everything. 567 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,759 Take it away, away, awa... 568 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,919 - Oh! Phew, he's broken! 569 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,519 And thank goodness for that. 570 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,999 I think I'll leave this tech lark to the experts. 571 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,080 MUSIC TO THE TUNE OF: Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana 572 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,799 Look round your house at all the things 573 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,039 The light that shines, the phone that rings 574 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,119 The sounds you like, the things you view 575 00:25:56,120 --> 00:26:00,039 I had a hand in all you do 576 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,479 Oh who am I? The light bulb guy 577 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,079 You'd be surprised 578 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:13,199 Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb 579 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,319 Illuminator 580 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,679 Movie studio Black Maria 581 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,439 Kinetoscope, movie camera 582 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,639 Phonograph, voice recorder 583 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,799 And the network electric power 584 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:32,960 All me! 585 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,199 I said I'd make a new design 586 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,359 Every ten days 587 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,359 They weren't all mine 588 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,439 I paid for help from other minds 589 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,759 To bump the numbers Never mind 590 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,719 With Graeme Bell's phone 591 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,559 I did tell him 592 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,879 What you should say when the thing rings 593 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:06,239 I disagreed with old Bell boy 594 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,279 I said hello 595 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,239 He said ahoy 596 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:15,599 Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy 597 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,079 Imagine that 598 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,199 Thomas Edison the inventor 599 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,519 The Vitascope, the projector 600 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,319 Mimeograph, a kind of printer 601 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,479 Electric Pens, not a winner 602 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,519 With the lights on, is this dangerous? 603 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,839 Yes, my light bulb made me famous 604 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,120 Yeah! 605 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,199 When Americans say I want to go and plop... 606 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,639 LAUGHTER 607 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,839 I'll be stopping more historical celebrities from taking a poo... 608 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,799 LAUGHTER 609 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,999 There'll be music playing. 610 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,639 - The past is no longer a mystery 611 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:08,720 Hope you enjoyed Horrible Histories. 612 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:13,320 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0