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44: TV directing in reverse

Lateral with Tom Scott

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How to Tell Where Air Is Coming Out of a Dog

In 1950, businessman Frank McNamara changed jackets before going out to dinner. As a result, a hundred billion US dollars will be affected this year. If you put soap bubbles all over a dog, you would see where air is coming out of the dog. They are tracking the wind direction to make sure they're downwind. This listener question was sent in by Emil.

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