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Lateral with Tom Scott cover image

63: Upside-down riches

Lateral with Tom Scott

CHAPTER

The Mystery of the Water Trough

This chapter explores the origins and functionality of a man-made water trough and speculates about the meaning of dark stripes in rocks. It also reveals the surprising reason for the periodic gaps in the trough's functionality.

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