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Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Origins of Communion Wafers

Jeff: I'm trying to think of like little wafery things that have colors. Like goldfish crackers, but Pepperidge Farms is the company that makes those. What food type appeals more to a younger person than an older person? Is this like a new food that's been... like a new brand that's been invented? Jeffercakes or ... Mini-Chedders or something? They pivoted to something. Oyster crackers? Oh, you're very... you're close. But that's not a younger audience. No, they didn't actually put LSD in it. The point of a wafer is not that you put it on your tongue and it

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