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19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Mobius Strip Conveyor Belt

The patent in 1957 was for a Mobius strip belt so that as it goes around there's a half twist in it. And so you are using all the surface area of the belt which now only has one side because geometry. It still hurts my brain I need like an animated game to see this. Get him, Devin.

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