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43: Six unopenable letterboxes

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Power of Hair

Jeremy, you had a one metre braid down your back. I'm wondering if that somehow could be braided into something like a weapon or a whip. The women's hair was spun into bowstrings as well as ropes for catapults and ballisters. There was a lot of collaborative effort there between fighting and how strong hair is. And Jeremy's intuition that this was making stuff. Of those three, Jeremy is definitely the closest. So whenever you're ready, take it away.

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