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Why do YouTubers clap at the start of videos?

Tom Scott | March 14, 2025

It’s about synchronisation, right? Well, not exactly… 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/ ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL […]


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I finally found a useful monorail.

Tom Scott | March 13, 2025

The Doppelmayr Garaventa Monorack is a decades-old product. I’ve no idea how I missed it before. But for the third video in the Monorail Trilogy, this isn’t an advert: I’m just happy to be proved wrong. ▪ More about the Monorack: https://www.doppelmayr.com/products/monorack/ Previously, Wuppertal in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4KZLcvMQWg (I’m not proud […]


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Keeping the world’s longest railroad tunnel safe

Tom Scott | March 12, 2025

The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is 57km long: and I think its greatest piece of safety equipment is nowhere near the tunnel itself. ■ Thanks to Swiss Federal Railways https://www.sbb.ch/ – drone filming near the tracks was specially approved with railway staff. ■ For tours into the Gotthard Tunnel […]


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This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world

Tom Scott | March 11, 2025

At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there’s the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there’s no virtual worlds here: it’s connected to a real camera and a real miniature model. ■ More about the museum: https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/ Camera: Tobias Buchmann Producer: Sebastian Capeda at Viven https://viven.ch Editor: […]


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The government approves of this shark now.

Tom Scott | March 10, 2025

The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. ▪ The Shark House: https://www.headingtonshark.com/ Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links […]


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This electric ferry uses a very long extension cord

Tom Scott | March 9, 2025

The Udbyhøj Cable Ferry across Randers Fjord in Denmark is electric-powered: but rather than batteries, it’s plugged into mains electricity. Here’s how it works. ▪ More about the ferry: https://www.randersfjord-faerger.dk/ Production manager: Sissel Vindskov Bødker at GotFat, https://gotfat.dk Camera: Peter Sørensen Runner: Victor Gade Editor: Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux Audio mixer: […]


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Why build a diving board twice the Olympic height?

Tom Scott | March 8, 2025

The Montreal Olympic Sports Centre has a 20m (65ft) diving board. That’s twice the Olympic height. Why would anyone need that? ◾ The Centre: https://parcolympique.qc.ca/centresportif/en/ ◾ Thanks to @Lysanne_Richard Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 […]


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I was wrong (and so was everyone)

Tom Scott | March 7, 2025

Did 18th century firefighters really let buildings burn? Sources below. ■ AD: 👨‍💻 NordVPN’s best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott – with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Here’s the full, thoroughly referenced report: https://www.tomscott.com/corrections/firemarks/ Thanks to historical consultant Paul J Sillitoe: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sillitoe-avi-consultants Thanks to Afonso Noronha for the email sparking this whole […]


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Doing robotic surgery on a copy of myself

Tom Scott | March 6, 2025

Thanks to Lazarus 3D: https://www.lazarus3d.com/ ▪ Lazarus had no editorial control over this video, and I paid for my own MRI, but of course they helped set everything up and provided the print! Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux Thanks to Graeme Wiltrout for the suggestion 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ […]


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The “architecture graveyard” is alive and well

Tom Scott | March 5, 2025

Poly Canyon, at Cal Poly, is an experimental architecture laboratory. And it’s open to the public: http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/content/facilities/poly-canyon Thanks to Jacob DeBoard for the suggestion 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the […]



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