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5: When time goes up to 30 o'clock

Lateral with Tom Scott

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How to Face Cloudy Effects on Your X-Ray Photographic Film

For a number of years, customers of Kodak were unhappy with seeing a cloudy effect in black spots on their X-ray photographic film. What was the cause of the problem, which proved to be outside of Kodak's control? It was the very first Instagram filter way before its time. You just keep putting your fingers on the lens and smearing it up. There's a bit of dirt on the lens. Yeah, there's going to be spots on there... you need to step up your game.

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