Lateral with Tom Scott

19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Feb 17, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Little Green Man Has to Be Aliens?
01:58 • 2min
3
The Little Green Man Mascot for Decongestants?
03:32 • 2min
4
The Little Green Man Was Made an ISO Standard
05:13 • 2min
5
The Big Red Word vs the Little Green Man
06:51 • 2min
6
The International War Over Exit Signs
08:33 • 2min
7
The Dimaxion Chronophile
10:06 • 2min
8
Does the Index Cards Have Anything to Do With Their Business?
12:05 • 2min
9
Is That Something That Computers Would Do Today?
13:35 • 2min
10
What's on a Punch Card With a Word Horse?
15:07 • 2min
11
The Backward Index of the Maryam Webster Dictionary
16:48 • 2min
12
The Backward Index of the Miriam Webster Dictionary
18:31 • 2min
13
Did He Invent the Conveyor Belt?
20:04 • 2min
14
Did He Change the Coal or the Hot Things?
21:35 • 2min
15
The Conveyor Belt Changes
23:20 • 2min
16
The Mobius Strip Conveyor Belt
25:02 • 2min
17
The Mobius Strip Belt
26:36 • 2min
18
Is It a Standard Regulation Volleyball?
28:16 • 2min
19
Is This the US-Mexican Border?
29:47 • 2min
20
Playing Volleyball Over the Border
31:21 • 2min
21
Amos Otis Hit a Valid Pitch Which Slowly Rolled Over the Foul Line
33:01 • 2min
22
The Ball Is Rolling Outside of the Foul Line
34:43 • 2min
23
The Yankees Blew on a Baseball
36:16 • 2min
24
Are You Ready for Another Sports Question?
38:01 • 2min
25
Helicopters to Dry a Football Pitch
39:34 • 2min
26
What Is Dyspepsia?
41:39 • 2min