42: Giant concrete balls
Lateral with Tom Scott
"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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