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1: The elevator where you're "born again"

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Is Hexagons the Bestagon?

There was a worship site on the south bank since the 13th century. There wasn't a bridge until 1729. And then Prime Minister Robert Wollpowel was making his way back to Parliament. The ferryman was drinking in a pub on the other side of the river and held up the prime minister. A few years later, there was a bridge. In the walkabout is what I've been trying to explain.

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