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19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Playing Volleyball Over the Border

The town of Naco lies on the US-Mexico border. In 2007, locals started to play volleyball over the border using the border fence as the net. The game was at risk of bursting because it had spikes on top of the fence. They built a bigger border wall so that they could no longer play the game. That feels sad somehow. Bring back volleyball. Make volleyball great again.

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