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40: Swimming without water
Lateral with Tom Scott
The Agora of Ancient Athens
A police force of 300 slaves used to walk around the Agora of ancient Athens every few weeks. Why did they carry ropes stained with red paint? What does Agora mean again? It's like the marketplace. The only things that exist in ancient Greece, oh, I'm gonna get you. Isn't it the slaves that usually get wept rather than do the whipping? They're the irony brigade.
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