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85: Pyromaniac novelties
Lateral with Tom Scott
Laser Jesus and Fire-Starting Water Bottles
Exploring the creation of a novelty item known as Laser Jesus and a peculiar incident involving a water bottle shaped like a football that unintentionally set things on fire using the sun's reflection. The conversation also touches on the concept of spherical water acting as a lens and the selling of such a water bottle by a Russian company in 2018.
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