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Crystals with Tyler Thrasher

SciShow Tangents

CHAPTER

The History of Sand and Salt

The game of golf, as we know it dates back to at least 14, 7. So which crystalline grain would golfers pour on the ground to make a little makeshift tea for themselves? It's got to be a sand. No, you're not wasting good, good old salt or sugar. Why would you even have it? Jump some chips on the ground then golf? No. The timeframe we're talking about here is between 1457 and 1892.

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