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20: The rigged JFK election

Lateral with Tom Scott

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In 1963, Heinz Meister took the windshield off his rented sports car so that he could help smuggle his girlfriend Margarita under the security barrier in West Berlin. In some parking locations, a driver may be required to use a cardboard disk to indicate their time of arrival. How did ingenious Italians find a way of greatly extending their allowed time without anyone helping them?

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