Lateral with Tom Scott

1: The elevator where you're "born again"

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Oct 14, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Touching God in an Elevator

  • An advertisement for plastic surgery used Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.
  • The elevator button replaced God's finger, letting riders "touch God".
ANECDOTE

Accidental Title

  • Robin Williams improvised a name in Mrs. Doubtfire based on a prop newspaper.
  • The headline "Police Doubt Fire was Accidental" gave the film its title.
INSIGHT

Churches Before Bridges

  • Putney Bridge in London has churches at both ends, All Saints and St. Mary's.
  • These churches predate the bridge; they served separate parishes before it was built.
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