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34: Six unnecessary doorknobs

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Queen Mary 2: A Seven-Night Cruise

In the year 208, military strategist, Zhuge Zhuge Liang was ordered to prepare 100,000 arrows for battle. He was able to do it within three days, despite a lack of suitable materials. How? By using large amounts of straw, drums, and some fortunately foggy weather. Sabrina: What's the point of having all those subscribers? I've been wondering about that lately.

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