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13: A glassware tax affair

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Loop of Yellow Chain in Lakehurst, New Jersey

You just take a small black piece of wood painted black and then just hang it on the objectionable parts of the painting, just have the black bar. And then it gets the 20th century, you've got that sort of thermochromic paint and you just put a little heater behind it and just click the painting. I feel like that would be a fun commentary on how we censor things and how censorship has changed throughout history. In Lakehurst, New Jersey, there is a loop of yellow chain that is 72 feet long by 15 feet wide, but it should be about 11 times larger. Back to me for the next question.

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