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49: Completely inedible eggs

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Power Pole Problems in Rural Canada

This chapter discusses a man in rural Canada who cuts people's power poles to get rescued, revealing the real issue of a community-wide power outage. The conversation also mentions a similar practice in Australia and transitions to a question about why a loudspeaker was installed on the roof of the BBC Broadcasting House in London.

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