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Lateral with Tom Scott
The Errant Scribble on Playing Cards
In 1990, a range of playing cards were released that contained an errant scribble through the letters T-E-R on the back design. Despite that, the squiggle and an out-of-date blue logo remain unchanged to this day. Are the letters important? There is a certain subset of our audience who will be absolutely screaming the answer right now. But it's a very, very small subset.
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