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Lateral with Tom Scott cover image

42: Giant concrete balls

Lateral with Tom Scott

NOTE

"Paul rather than billiards" the difference between Snooker and eight ball pool

The narrator learns that eight ball pool has 16 balls, not 22 like in Snooker. The eight ball is special and teams can pop it. The narrator discovers that huge pool balls made by artist Claes Oldenburg represent a giant pool game. The text ends with frustration over a question about a key between F and G on a keyboard.

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