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19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Mobius Strip Belt

BF Godrich's patent was a Mobius strip belt. So the surface had much longer to cool down because you've got twice the surface basically for free. From 1979 to 2007 the residents of the North American town, Naco, would hold a famous volleyball match. The annual tradition stopped when conditions became too difficult to play.

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