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3: Why did 1959's album charts vanish?

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Sea Slug and Sumo Culture

The sea slug is the nickname of a Sahifuji, who became Japan's grand champion of sumo at the age of 30. The salt shaker is either one of the wrestlers or literally the salt shaker and the circle is the sumo ring. Luke asks why there are no number one albums from 1959 in the official UK music charts because they didn't exist yet.

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