21: The bandit that gives back
Lateral with Tom Scott
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Is There a Technology Behind the Larger Bricks?
If you look at a British home constructed in the late 18th century, it is likely that its bricks are larger than those in a house from the early part of that century. Why? I mean, the comedy answer is inflation, but that's... Somebody was outside blowing air into a brick. Would it just take less time to build to construct because they're bigger pieces less time to put it together from her facial expressions? That wasn't no per se. It's like you're on the right track, but it isn't necessarily answering the question of why. Is it because they invented some building tool that allows them to move larger bricks so they could build faster.? They had aliens.
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