Ancient Innovations That Were Well Ahead of their Time

[@dylc5604]

"I, as always am your host" So true, the man who hosts every youtube channel.

[@tarstarkusz]

Simon is exactly like every other stupid person who thinks they are just god's gift to information. He's a liar and he is operating under bad faith. He is just trying to make it look like someone other than us invented the modern world.

[@dylc5604]

@@tarstarkusz Who is "us"?

[@ilarious5729]

@@tarstarkusz you sure as hell didn't invent shit 🤷‍♂️

[@tarstarkusz]

@Bakamalian No it's not. Notice how he didn't mention where the gear machine came from. ALL of the other ones had their origins harped on. The reason is that it because it came from Germany. These people are very easy to recognize once you know what to look for. OR, alternately, he could be just fooled himself. Yes. The mainstream has been lying about all sorts of stuff for 75 years.

[@tarstarkusz]

@@ilarious5729 What does that have to do with anything? That's why I said us and not me. Everything that matters came out of the Occident. Open up just about textbook and you are reading all about an Occidental.

[@MrSparky4101]

Simon's shirt buttons already getting ready to blaze.

[@Naptosis]

It's that post-xmas dinner ember. 🎅

[@forgesoulfire1320]

We mustn't forget he is always "The Boy With The Blaze" he just leans more or less into the professional cold static, or his business blaze...

[@rtwpsom2]

This is like the third time I've had to see his hairy bellybutton in one of these sitting videos. At least when he's standing the shirt doesn't pop open like that.

[@gamersrepublic6920]

@@rtwpsom2 is there something wrong with daddy Simon's belly button? Lol

[@almostideal1306]

The Buttons With the Blaze

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Plato... not the first professor to say “I dislike repeating myself” and certainly not the last!

[@WhoFan1983]

And yet, 90% of being a professor is repeating yourself ...

[@isaakmulder5884]

At this point, I don't know why I'm paying for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Etc. When all I watch is Simon!

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

dude... this guys is a fraud... he his worst than the News to arrange story making them sounds exceptional in order to get more subscriptions... sounds to me like an ego-maniac who cant stop making video... or a meth head...

[@EMurph42]

Amen Brother!!

[@EMurph42]

@@joseph-mariopelerin7028 he’s just a hard working guy. His production double after he had a child. Probably the only guy on YT w/o am ego.

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

@@EMurph42 i respect your opinion,

[@arisini]

An ancient artifact would have warned simon for his shirt button, its called a mirror. xP

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Allegedly

[@mrstatic09]

Cheers. Now I can't NOT look at that part of his shirt lol

[@kocka1976]

Aaaand now I can un see it

[@dearzoshka]

Oh damn. You sir are now a legend.

[@--enyo--]

Didn’t notice until I saw this comment. Now can’t unsee. Thanks. 😑

[@MrMarkyMark92]

I see, the old leave the shirt unbuttoned to boost engagement trick

[@WhatWhy42]

I think I saw a nipple 😁

[@leilamalkie]

Works every time.

[@cleof1503]

Scandalous!!

[@MisterFlavin]

Next video: history of buttons.

[@davidvines6498]

I’m 67, for the life of me I cannot remember to zip up my pants

[@CJ_Nightlives]

Honestly surprised you haven’t been approached by any tv networks to get your own show, could definitely rock it.

[@Cunoslav]

It doesn't matter which channel i'm watching, i always expect Simon to say : "I'm your boy with the Blaze!"

[@Cunoslav]

@Michael Calhoun lI It is slowly but surely coming out

[@zzippo81]

I'm always disappointed to not hear the insults. Like the recent one on the last witch, so many chances for "because of course it's fake and they were frauds! The past was the worst!"

[@talideon]

@@zzippo81 Allegedly.

[@burale100]

Me too 🙂😂

[@rodh1404]

I think that channel will one day be Simon's biggest. Well, probably not, but at least most notorious and beloved.

[@flavio_spqr]

Had a chance to see the Antikythera mechanism in person some years ago while visiting Athens. It is really something!

[@ferociousgumby]

Yes, but WHAT?

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

i wet myself... your happy now???

[@starsoffyre]

Me too. Somehow most visitors to the museum just took a glance and walked right past. I have given free reign to take lots of close-up shots :D

[@EMurph42]

@@ferociousgumby ha!

[@EMurph42]

@@starsoffyre it’s sad the vast majority of humans have no idea the importance of places & things. My second favorite KZbin tour ancient sites & jokes about the scourge of selfie sticks. Are they there to see amazing things or just be seen?

[@Yvolve]

95% of the comments will be "Simon's shirt button is undone".

[@WyattRyeSway]

Yup, looks like it

[@timothyneiswander3151]

Why are ya looking down there, perv?

[@flowertrue]

He's really cutting loose today.

[@finscreenname]

Not the first video either. I think he is making a fashion statement at this point.

[@dstringf]

Let’s go for 99%

[@marcomcdowell8861]

Me: three thousand years ago waiting for the water to boil so the door opens. Also me: three thousand years ago tired of waiting four minutes to go inside invents the door knob.

[@themiltonguy4530]

I have a table-top alarm clock, it gives me extra time to dress properly before work.

[@eodmax85]

S'alright Simon. We're struggling to dress ourselves every morning during lockdown too.

[@ferociousgumby]

At least the button is still there. It didn't pop off him due to pandemic pounds.

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

awww! i juste wanna pinch your cheek

[@garrysmith9515]

"...or your Ready Room." We see what you did there, Simon. :P

[@tttm99]

Although, for authenticity, my ready room door operates by two unseen stage grips sliding the door panels by hand whenever someone approaches...

[@mhyzon1]

Make it so

[@levongrant6010]

laughing nervously to myself as i peer over to my own double bell style alarm clock. . .

[@NymbusCumulo928]

is it secretly a time machine?

[@BCassidy2]

"... or your Ready Room." Loved the subtle Star Trek reference.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:15 - Chapter 1 - Water alarm clock 2:40 - Chapter 2 - Houfeng didong yi 4:50 - Chapter 3 - Automatic doors 7:00 - Chapter 4 - Flushing toilets 8:25 - Chapter 5 - Antikythera mechanism 10:10 - Chapter 6 - Greek fire

[@jamesknapp64]

thank you

[@JamieBainbridge]

Shoutout to the random dark blue canvas hanging out in the corner making the set look good. An unsung hero of the Simon Whistler mythos.

[@devikwolf]

"...or your ready room." Simon dropping more Trek refs ❤️❤️

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

1:28 I still use mine. Also comes with radium numbers and hands (handy if I wake up in the middle of the night and don't feel like fumbling in the dark for a phone and it's still almost bright enough to use as a weak flashlight, will be for another 1500 years given the half-life of radium). It is the same one grandma used back in the 1940's (still keeps ok time too, despite being mechanical and 80 years of use). If it still works why change it or throw it away?

[@istvanbrooks5319]

RADIATION

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

@@istvanbrooks5319 I even keep it just above my head at the head of the bed. Old age will still kill me before the radiation will. People panic way too much in general. It's mostly alpha particles that won't even penetrate skin, so unless I break it and eat the glowing bits I have little to worry about.

[@carlstanland5333]

Robot Simon will remake this same video in 3000 years about today’s technology. And he’ll have 10000 channels.

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

and will still invent half the fact to make his video more exceptional

[@WitnessRAH]

So at some point you expect him to start deleting channels?

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

@@WitnessRAH if we all pitch in, and do hates comments, he will go away on his patreon or whatever tf... then maybe the small time video makers that really do research could profit of the algorithm....

[@WitnessRAH]

@@joseph-mariopelerin7028 submit you fool! Or you shall never grow!! Mwuahahahahahaa

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

@@WitnessRAH thats the point (kind of)... his vids are for little kids that don't know any better... he'll never grow like that... he always will be; Shallow Simon

[@michelleschmidt2425]

Why was the button so distracting? That's just weird. Now I'll be checking other videos to see if they were recorded the same day based on the button. I feel like Sam would have edited around it somehow. LOL

[@Camman010]

He has a few videos that have the same shirt unbuttoned. I saw one about 3 weeks ago.

[@davidklein1245]

I am a firm believer that Simon periodically leaves a button undone because he knows people will comment on it. Comments = engagement = better YT analytics = better sponsorship deals. He is smart enough to understand the connection and shrewd enough to take advantage of it.

[@adamsimpson731]

@@davidklein1245 Perhaps something a LEGEND would do? iykyk

[@noeraldinkabam]

It says something about the people that were so distracted: they are anal.

[@johnemerson1363]

What button?

[@NAC_Exec]

you should do an episode on top undiscovered places like the resting place of Ganghis Khan, which is still yet to be found today.

[@InertiaCreeps]

Here we were in 2020, and still without a device to help Simon Whistler button his shirts. We only *think* ourselves above savages!

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

Love to watch you Blaze !!!!

[@Albinoafroman316]

Simon talking about the ancients living without modern ammenities, such as electricity, machinery & crack pipes!

[@ferociousgumby]

And shirt buttons.

[@mrillis9259]

Cobb pipes are wicket old are they not?

[@PMcDFPV]

"or your ready room" Slipped that one in there didnt ya you Blazin Trekkie ! NOICE !

[@tommydotyjr.2966]

I'm glad i'm not the only one that caught that 🤣

[@fixman88]

*snickers*

[@ewestner]

Loved that! Especially because on the Star Trek sets the automatic doors were actually controlled by a human being who would sometimes get the cues wrong and then the actors would actually walk into the doors. Oops!

[@flowertrue]

"There's coffee in those ancient artifacts!"

[@ewestner]

@@flowertrue "Warp particles!"

[@blackfish4147]

I wonder how many people caught your "ready room" reference. That gives me a video idea: how about the genius of Gene Roddenberry? So many of his fictional concepts have come to fruition from flip phones and hyposprays to anti-matter. I'm not sure which channel you would use but I am subscribed to all of them so I'll keep an eye out for it.

[@jeremythornton433]

I think that's a great idea!

[@Hamsteak]

There was a show about 5 years ago that was called ancient technologies. And it went over all these, its pretty freaking amazing what our ancestors did in the past

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

I wonder if it's the same program I watched around 15 years ago or so. Back when the History Channel actually had programs about history.

[@Hamsteak]

@@angusrumplemeyer1791 it probably was, that was the golden age of The History Channel

[@DieNextInLINE]

People seem to forget that ancient people were as smart as us. They just didn't have the same access to knowledge that we do now.

[@Hamsteak]

@@DieNextInLINE exactly, a lot of people assume that people from the past aren't as smart as current people.

[@jonathanmillner]

@@Hamsteak I think it's easy to have that perspective until you wake up and realize we fall prey to many of the same human frailties now as we did in the past. The only thing that's different? We got a little bit better at making shit... Human empathy, a desire to help other humans though... I highly suspect cave people were at least very empathetic individuals most of the time, and they were probably just as good as me at fostering good relationships with other people...They had to get along. Most tribes weren't exactly huge... They woke up in the morning and decided the people around them were worth doing this really hard journey with. Same thing now, but I'm not sure I'm better than a cave man at this. I'd like to believe I am... but in reality... probably not. Getting along with a small tribe for your entire life is like living with your own family for your whole life. Many families have a hard time spending more than 3 days together during Christmas without causing some big family drama of sorts... Tell me who is probably more cognitively developed at understanding the importance of and maintaining relationships? Who's more empathetic?

[@flowertrue]

I really thought he was about to say "I, as always, am your boi with the Blaze." I do enjoy these informational vids too.

[@twodogstudio2]

I like how you present the facts, the reality of these ancient topics without embellishment or exaggeration. So many programs make stuff up and it ruins the actual amazingness of the topics.

[@Dfoto679]

There was also ancient vending machines that dispensed oils at the temples. My dad used to work for vending machine company, and he used to give that lecture to his new customers.

[@ikitclaw3299]

The village not far from me put automatic doors into the local shop for local people, and they burned the manager at the stake for witchcraft

[@leonmusk1040]

"It's Plato" best quote of all time cheers Simon.

[@crazzy88ss]

I still use the radio digital alarm clock I've had for nearly 25 years.

[@ghostofsolomon237]

Staring at Simon's beard, as usual. And the Button...

[@johnbarber4549]

See his beard? Ain't it weird? Don't be sceered It's just a beard.

[@ferociousgumby]

@@johnbarber4549 What rhymes with "button"? Cuttin', guttin', muckin', suckin', tuckin'

[@ferociousgumby]

I challenge anyone to put all those words into a poem.

[@johnbarber4549]

@@ferociousgumby mutton.

[@ferociousgumby]

@@johnbarber4549 Forgot the most obvious one!

[@chrislong3938]

My father-in-law was a Marine in the Pacific and he and I would sometimes knock back a few beers after everyone went to bed. He was a Sherman tank TC (the guy in the top hatch) and was in the thick of it during the invasion of Guam. I had seen the John Wayne movie, "The Sands of Iwo Jima" before and asked him about the flame thrower tanks in that flick. He said that they had them and that the guys that crewed those tanks were absolutely certifiable and that not many 'normal' Marines interacted with them! Their tanks leaked Napalm all over the place and they all stunk to high Heaven. He said they were all just bloodthirsty lunatics that no one wanted to mess with. He was a very mellow dude and I miss him and his stories! RIP George...

[@jimmlew6]

I love your sites watch them daily thanks for posting

[@airwavesintheair]

Simon should do a megaprojects video on Star Trek. Or several. Please us trekkies Simon!

[@misterflibble6601]

I'd like to see more in depth individual episodes on all the innovations covered here

[@ogrehaslayers605]

When I was 9 years old (100 years ago) I was leaving the hospital after visiting my grandma with my family, and the automatic door smashed shut on me. It crumpled me. About 20 nurses screamed and ran over to help me up. I liked that part. 😛

[@friedpotato6037]

You already know this guy is an immortal being that is very wise in teaching when you look at him first

[@mehrcat1]

He's just a talking head regurgitating what he reads, mispronounces many words, talks too fast in the same sing-song rythm and should give up pretending to be amused at the 'funny' parts.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I have said it many times before, but I don't think we truly appreciate the incredible things our ancient ancestors were capable of. It's refreshing to find something and it completely changes our perspective or understanding, or my favorite shattering a long believed myth.

[@ComaDave]

Minoans: "Yay! We have toilets that flush!" Santorini: "Did somebody say 'FLUSH'?"

[@Martyr217]

Thank you Simon, I've already seen Inside Bills Brain a long time ago and I'm about to rewatch it. Thanks again.

[@gregallan2842]

3:50 The earthquake detector is obviously the source of the "resograph" - a "device for measuring disturbances in reality" - portrayed in Terry Pratchett's novel Moving Pictures.

[@midlifeduck7040]

I did enjoy the video. Since I watch all your other channels these were all known to me. But still great content.

[@loglieable]

I love how business blaze bleeds into every channel slowly 🤣💖

[@MrTruehoustonian]

No it fucking sucks that it does seep into other channels keep that shit contained

[@somethingwitty7449]

@@MrTruehoustonian the only thing from business blaze kept contained is Danny!

[@ferociousgumby]

@@somethingwitty7449 I hate Business Blaze. It's Simon off his meds.

[@panaxion]

Neolithic Orkney north of Scotland had indoor plumbing 5000 years ago, which predates that of Crete by some time! Indoor plumbing wasn't common again on the islands until the 1950s though!

[@GuyVeto]

Kudos for the subtle mention of the Ready Room 👍🏻

[@bayareanewman1566]

I have an old school alarm clock radio. It’s super loud. I have it across the room. It’s super loud and annoying. It forces me to actually get up and walk a cross the room to shut it up. If I use my phone, which I have next to me, I’ve been known to turn it off and not even remember doing it, and then I’m late!

[@didyasaysomethin2me]

The Antikythera Mechanism and that Didong thing are probably my two favorite pieces of ancient technology.

[@QuietFury9]

Are we sure simon isnt a immortal scp? One that we have to keep giving channels and keep him busy teaching, otherwise some kind of event could happen.

[@nicholas8428]

We’re still not sure 🤷🏼‍♂️?? To be safe just keep watching & hitting that like button 👍

[@danielwaterton2342]

I love you so much. I'm a combat veteran in Iraq and Afghanistan. Your videos helped me survive

[@danielwaterton2342]

Im crying rite now how you helped me so must. Take care buddy ❤

[@viridiscoyote7038]

The airship "America" and Walter Wellman's multiple (and failed) attempts to break any sort of record with it could be a fun video.

[@Yupppi]

"You don't even have to worry about walking at the glass" ok? Every supermarket I approach doesn't open the door until I wait in front of it, nose almost touching the door.

[@garrettfields6972]

my phone isn't loud enough to wake my ass up so YES Simon I do have a old school alarm clock, next to my chamber pot, thank you!

[@tsilb]

I don't use my phone as an alarm because the alarm sound is not alarming. It starts with a vibrate, transitions to a quiet sound, then gradually becomes louder. By the time it becomes alarming, I'm already awake; but not alert. A proper alarm begins loud and suddenly, forcing you to be alert immediately. Ideally, it kicks in your flight-or-flight response. That is, alarms should be alarming.

[@Woofy-tm8si]

Scary fact: My 1938 home was attached to the city sewer when it was built using glazed terra cotta pipes. It lasted until July 2020 when the root system of a tree planted by a previous owner had clogged and damaged two sections of the terra cotta pipe. A later inspection of an intact section revealed it was still in pristine condition. A sewer line expert told us that, had the tree not been planted so close to the sewer line, it likely would have lasted at least another century. There have been at least tree major earthquakes over 6.0 since the house was built.

[@didyasaysomethin2me]

That's like the brick sewers under London that have been there even longer than that. And they are still intact and in use to this day.

[@captainkenzie6873]

Terracotta.

[@jessetaylor4142]

Hum, don't know what you're talking about Simon >_> *walks into glass door that should have opened*

[@elliotshaw9453]

Keep up the good content Simon thanks

[@LogeySmalls]

How did you mention Heron of Alexandria and not mention his steam engine, the aeolipile, that he invented roughly 1,800 years before the British invented their steam engines?

[@bathset1119]

The button is an invention he hasn’t mastered yet! 😜

[@Vontroll]

How about pipe organs? I assumed they were maybe 200 years old at best, but was shocked to learn just how old they really are.

[@Mrnitti196]

The open bottom button solidified Simon's position as a professor that works too much

[@mehrcat1]

He's just a talking head regurgitating what he reads, mispronounces many words, talks too fast in the same sing-song rythm and should give up pretending to be amused at the 'funny' parts. There are also lots of innaccuracies in his videos but he doesn't write the script.

[@ferociousgumby]

It's a promo for his NEW KZbin Channel, Simon Unbuttoned. He's drunker than on Business Blaze.

[@SeanPat1001]

I use a water alarm clock that works on a different principle. What I do is drink a large glass of water just before going to bed. Works like a charm.😂

[@nystemy]

An, the Antikythera mechanism, a device who the channel Clickspring is dedicating a many many hour long build video on, making it in a mostly time accurate fashion and discussing various details. Well worth a watch if I say so myself.

[@afjer]

The Richter scale is not what's used these days. It's been replaced by the moment magnitude scale for several decades. While they're both logarithmic, the moment magnitude more accurately describes the amount of energy released in a seismic event.

[@brianartillery]

Never even noticed the button. I never use my phone as an alarm clock - Whatever I put on it, I always slept through it. Generally, too, I place so little importance on my phone, it's often left in my coat, bag, or more often, at work. I have an old LEGO Darth Vader alarm clock I was given as a joke Christmas present years ago, and not once has it let me down.

[@johnsteve4850]

Hi John from WI. While I was listening to you, I though I heard a strange noise. Did Plato just roll over in his grave. Ha Ha, good one. You also mentioned Sanitation Methods. The writer of the book and narrator of his video. Mention that a big part of this earth lives below the "Standers of Roma" (year 2). After seeing some of these videos on KZbin, I believe it.

[@davinanderson2003]

My wind up two bell alarm clock helped me get through college.

[@bigj3086]

Ok this guy has more irons in the fire than anyone I know. Damb man your just killing it!!

[@josephbeszczynski714]

Thank you Simon!!!

[@thomaslanguell7257]

In 3020: "Those people back in 2020 sure were backward!"

[@cluerip]

Antikytheta mechanism is being rebuilt by someone on youtube named Click Spring. Amazing series to watch even if you don't think you'll be interested in machining vids.

[@makanidemoulin7591]

Automatic door injury I saw: Woman has a seizure in the door threshold and the doors kept closing on her until someone was able to move her out of there. Just some bruising I imagine from that but does show it isn't always stupidity/clumsiness that causes injury by automatic door.

[@sidneysun5217]

can you imagine what Plato would have done if students fell asleep in his class?

[@Bacopa68]

"Plato" was his wrestling nickname. He had ways of waking people up.

[@ortizguard2816]

Would have liked more info on the antykethera device.

[@billbaggins]

Check out the channel "Clickspring"

[@tlacahetl]

I got one that projects a lazer time on my ceiling!!! Green or red.. It does make the old school rooster alarm clock sound.

[@EMurph42]

Ok guys, this man has made what 10,000 videos? He puts out more content in a week then most will this year. Good content too, not click bait bs. This button is the first thing I’ve ever noticed out of place in 5 years. Cut the guy some slack! The end

[@BrandonSchleifer]

It's a lot easier to believe that 50,000 people are injured per year when it includes garage doors. Those things can be deadly.

[@myrodin1210]

Funny enough my uncle still uses a 2bell ringer alarmclock, and not his phone. Now he uses his for other alarms throughout the day.

[@connhughes13]

I follow like 3 of your channels (business blaze holds a special place in my heart) and everything you do is great. You're the kind of guy I'd grab a beer with and shoot the sh!t. Keep it up man. Btw Danny should be a comedian.

[@Consisto7]

Love the videos! Could you please make one for Baltic Sea Object??

[@spookerd]

I'm still using the same digital GE alarm clock my parents bought me when I was in elementary school. That thing is at least 30 years old at this point.

[@bjw4859]

I did not notice his shirt button was undone, thanks to the OCD community, will now have to watch that again, also please do an inventory of all the other stuff that went down with then Titanic.

[@gideonrettich7754]

Simon is the best Cliff Clavin.

[@InertiaCreeps]

The joke is on us. Simon did this vid in 2020, which means while we’re all amused by his unbuttoned shirt, he’s sitting there bare ass naked from the waist down!

[@mabudon]

i saw the earthuake detector (or a replica, i guess) at an exhibit in vancouver, b.c. and they had to secure the balls in place cos the constant minor quakes kept triggering it

[@crazyeyez1502]

"Automatic doors, to open grocery stores, banks, and your ready room" Lol. Nice. 🖖 Live long and prosper.

[@JDrwal2]

I wish there was more info on those onventions. Don’t get what’s so special about a few dozen gears in the Antikathyra mechanism. I’m sure there is more to it.

[@josephpepin8822]

There was another older science fiction show “Rocky Jones Space Ranger” that had an episode with Rocky doing a flying leap through some automatic doors.

[@mgcnashville6615]

Speaking of doors..Somewhat related.. when I was 7, I would often go to church with my super religious friends. One day, we were there on an off day(so the parents could help with something) nobody was around. Me and my friends found a wheel chair, and started pushing eachother down the middle aisle, between the benches. Two large glass doors made up the entrance. I pushed my friend a bit too fast down the aisle, and he went straight into the glass doors. Shattering both of them. Remarkably, he was unharmed. Not even a scratch. Glass was everywhere. We proceeded to hide until the parents found us. They were none too happy. Oddly, nobody was punished. We did learn a lesson, though. Don't run into glass doors, kids.

[@DrunkTalk]

Socrates would never have invented an alarm clock to wake up his students 😅

[@deadchemist7585]

I literally have one of those two bell clocks. They are amazing.

[@q300SBB]

Suggestion, the Burt Routan Voyager. First aircraft to fly around the earth WITHOUT needing to be refuelled.

[@sherylcascadden4988]

I have an old-fashioned alarm clock: wind-up, and with the two bells on top. If we have another "Carrington Event" I have the time. (And other things)

[@MPYarnall]

We still don't know how to make Roman Concrete, yet it's supposed to be superior to the concrete we make today. There's a video for you.

[@immortalsofar5314]

I have to admit, I almost walked into a door a few years ago because it didn't open for me. Turned out it wasn't automatic but, for someone born in the '70s, you know you're living in the future when that's a problem.

[@ryanb9749]

I once pulled a door that said LLUP. Took me a minute to figure out why it wouldn't open.

[@AAaa-pm3rr]

The Antikythera mechanism was a mechanical calendar. Think about it as a clock that measures months.