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Lateral with Tom Scott

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Axeman's Rope Cutting

He wasn't on the string for the rope, rather. So was he attempting to make a point? Yes. He didn't cut the rope and Axeman cut the rope for him. It's got very like executioner kind of vibes. Like lumber, like could it be like a lumberjack guy up on a tree with the harness around him or around the tree? And they cut the rope attached to the, I don't know. But what kind of what kind of industry would that have led to? Not quite.

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