30: The orchestrated in-joke
Lateral with Tom Scott
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The Rules of the Race
The winner was the second across the line because they had the same number of laps, but he'd started further back. The sportsmanship part is literally if you've seen the movie, the guy in front slows down. Greenland, Albania, and Hong Kong were in the top section while Somalia, Kosovo, and Greece were near the bottom. Get it as a protest against their parents, a young adult put up a mural of over 300 flags.
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