3: Why did 1959's album charts vanish?
Lateral with Tom Scott
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Was He in a Boat in the Middle of the Thames?
A famous painter stayed in the middle of the Thames for one night. Was he painting and could only get a good view of what he wanted to paint at the time or something? There's no fish in the Thames, right? If there are, they're not very healthy. It's certainly not in 1841. He was just there overnight. Probably some kind of ritual or something. And you would have to assume he dropped an anchor so he could just make sure he was there for the whole night. But that's probably why the story survived,. but that's not why he was there. Ooh, wow Very lost, but yes.
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