These tiny ships have a serious purpose - At Port Iława in Poland, pilots and captains of massive ships train on 1-to-24 scale ship models: and I got to drive one. | Tom Scott
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These tiny ships have a serious purpose - At Port Iława in Poland, pilots and captains of massive ships train on 1-to-24 scale ship models: and I got to drive one. | Tom Scott
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The world's most useful model railway - In Darmstadt, Germany, there's the Eisenbahnbetriebsfeld: a model railway connected to actual railway signalling equipment, so that controllers can learn without putting any real trains in danger. I got to learn the very basics. | Tom Scott
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The world's most useful model railway - In Darmstadt, Germany, there's the Eisenbahnbetriebsfeld: a model railway connected to actual railway signalling equipment, so that controllers can learn without putting any real trains in danger. I got to learn the very basics. | Tom Scott
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How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910? - Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model B: a 1910 aircraft with no cockpit. It's a modern plane with a very old design, and I went for a ride. | Tom Scott
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How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910? - Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model B: a 1910 aircraft with no cockpit. It's a modern plane with a very old design, and I went for a ride. | Tom Scott
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The hidden background noise that can catch criminals - Electrical Network Frequency analysis, ENF analysis, matches background hum against power grid logs. I talked to one of the researchers who works on it, and also set them a challenge. | Tom Scott
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The hidden background noise that can catch criminals - Electrical Network Frequency analysis, ENF analysis, matches background hum against power grid logs. I talked to one of the researchers who works on it, and also set them a challenge. | Tom Scott
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Making an International Standard Cup of Tea - As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea - ISO 3103 or BS 6008 - for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that's easy. Making one? That requires precision... and some specialist equipment. | Tom Scott
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Making an International Standard Cup of Tea - As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea - ISO 3103 or BS 6008 - for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that's easy. Making one? That requires precision... and some specialist equipment. | Tom Scott
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Lego's clever cadmium plan. - Jarvis Johnson & Jordan Adika from 'Sad Boyz' and Mary Spender discuss a question about barium bricks. | Tom Scott
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A tragic pair of hobbyists. - Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' discuss a question about backyard buddies. | Tom Scott
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The tiny monorails that once carried James Bond - The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But they did carry a couple of famous people in their time, including a certain secret agent... | Tom Scott
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Why Helsinki's library robots aren't important - Oodi, the new Helsinki Library, has robots to help reshelve books. They get a lot of press attention. But they're not the important part of the library: here's why. | Tom Scott
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A surprise doll's house. - Caroline Roper, Ella Hubber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' discuss a question about a timely toy. | Tom Scott
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The world's most photographed person. FULL EPISODE: https://lateralcast.com/episodes/110 or your usual podcast provider. #lateral #podcasts #puzzles #quiz #quiztime Clip from Ep. 110: A very 'odd' race. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com
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Dewey Decimal System Hotel: A Fun Podcast Episode
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LATERAL Ep. 67: The Colour Sequence Secret | Tom Scott Podcast
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Making numbers for a living. FULL EPISODE: https://lateralcast.com/episodes/139 or your usual podcast provider. Clip from Ep. 139: Unequal cufflinks. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com
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Why make an ill-fitting suit on purpose? - Abby Cox, Matt Gray and Iszi Lawrence discuss a question about an unsuitable suit. | Tom Scott
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Unique Custom Number Plate Ideas in Australia
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The Library of Rare Colours - The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations from forgeries. It's not open to the public, because it's a working research library -- and because some of the pigments in there are rare, historic, or really shouldn't be handled by anyone untrained. | Tom Scott
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