14: A flaming good flight
Lateral with Tom Scott
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The Sabbath Light Switch
Friday is a normal day, but Saturday is the Sabbath. So when Rachel returns to retrieve her forgotten coat, the same journey takes about a minute longer because the elevator is opening at every floor and she is not pushing any buttons. I once saw an advert for a Sabbath light switch. The idea being you are not allowed to cause work to happen. It was a series of random number generated chips. That would have been powerful.
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