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Curiously Strange Useless Facts to Fall Asleep To
Tonight, we drift through a curiously strange collection of useless facts about a lighthouse on a dark rock, from a lens that bends scattered light into a single flat beam to several tonnes of glass floating on mercury so one hand could turn it, and a flash pattern no neighboring light is ever allowed to share, and all the softly odd little details that make a small warm room above the sea feel closer and more gently fascinating than it first appears.
This episode moves slowly through spiral stairs and lantern rooms, keepers trimming wicks through the night, fog signals and lightships, storms…
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