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2: What was measured in 'gillettes'?

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Theodore Mammon's Gillette's

In 1960, Theodore Mammon defined the strength of these in terms of Gillette's. How do you spell Gillette's? G-I-W-L-E-D-L-T-E-S. Like the razor. Exactly like the razor. If my father were in recruitment, I definitely would never retain that information. It could be maybe electric razors were those new in 1960 or something else. Strength though. It's got to be the... What's something you have to measure the strength of? Well, like if it was an electric razor, let's just ask, Tommy, you're going to tell us if it's razor related or not because

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