18: Making cosplay worthwhile
Lateral with Tom Scott
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How to Increase the Surface Area to Volume Ratio of a Sandwich
A British man unwraps his sandwich to find that it's been cut into 16 tiny squares. Did it start out as a one enormous sandwich? By which you mean two triangles. You bite along the non-crusty hypotenuse of the sandwich. That sounds like a mathematical term. There must be some sort of science behind it, because if the best part of a sandwich is the bit where it meets the open air, you want to increase the surface area to volume ratio of your sandwich. But then it depends on the filling. Some fillings want to hide from the air; others need the extra crunch. And also, to be fair, that would be a great way
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