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Tom Scott

@tomscott

I make things. They'll probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time.

 London
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Joined July 2007
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This Twitter account posts updates about my new videos and other projects when they go live, but that's all! If you want to contact me, you should go here: tomscott.com/contact/
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New video! This house rotates. How can the plumbing work‽ youtube.com/watch?v=gisdyTBM…
I thought this rotating house was impossible.

I thought this rotating house was impossible.

Near San Diego, California, there's a rotating house: and somehow, ...

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New video! How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910? youtube.com/watch?v=EN9JzxzD…
How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?

How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?

Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model...

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New video! Six months from now, this channel stops: youtube.com/watch?v=ca0Rpxkn…
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New video! The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains: youtube.com/watch?v=rn_8GXNN…
The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains

The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains

Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", ...

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New Technical Difficulties! Gary ends the season with a banger: youtube.com/watch?v=OwQwz07-…
Gary ends the season with a banger

Gary ends the season with a banger

We're really sorry, vegans. ■ With thanks to Knavesmire Butchers in...

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New video! The cable car that you pedal by hand: youtube.com/watch?v=72RxerDw…
The cable car that you pedal by hand

The cable car that you pedal by hand

Through the mountains of Slovenia, there are manual cable cars: som...

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A super bunch of guests to start the next set of 'Lateral's.
Lateral with Tom Scott (@lateralcast) profile pictureLateral with Tom Scott@lateralcast16 Jun 2023
EPISODE 36: The no-show French king. Featuring Annie Rauwerda (curator of @depthsofwiki), J. Draper and Geoff Marshall (@geofftech). audioboom.com/channels/50977… or your usual podcast provider. Contact the show at lateralcast.com
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New Technical Difficulties! Matt tries not to fall over: youtube.com/watch?v=G1yQsPI5…
Matt tries not to fall over

Matt tries not to fall over

How do you do, fellow kids? ■ With thanks to BAYSIXTY6: https://www...

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New video! This submarine simulator floats through a tiny world: youtube.com/watch?v=tMlHDnbE…
I had to throw out my script about this submarine simulator

I had to throw out my script about this submarine simulator

In an old mill in a remote corner of Italy, sits the Bathysphere Pr...

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New Technical Difficulties! Tom becomes the Mayor of Hell: youtube.com/watch?v=6CJZ5Bwp…
Tom becomes the Mayor of Hell

Tom becomes the Mayor of Hell

A little piece of Americana. ■ With thanks to Hell, Michigan: https...

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New video! No-one knows how explosions work (yet) youtube.com/watch?v=ar0klhiJ…
No-one knows how explosions work (yet)

No-one knows how explosions work (yet)

The first few moments of an explosion can't be simulated yet. But t...

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New Technical Difficulties! Chris does drag: youtube.com/watch?v=nUf8-P3d…
Chris does drag

Chris does drag

We weren't ready for this. ■ With thanks to Letitia Delish and Drag...

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New video! This is just an excuse to show you a really good tunnel: youtube.com/watch?v=xWL40q3D…
This is an excuse to show you a really good tunnel

This is an excuse to show you a really good tunnel

The Catesby Tunnel, in the UK, is an old Victorian railway tunnel t...

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New video! Shake tables are way more complex than I thought: youtube.com/watch?v=Sj3iI9jZ…
Shake tables are way more complex than I thought

Shake tables are way more complex than I thought

At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table:...

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New video! Deliberately giving people viruses (for science): youtube.com/watch?v=1v8u3ua6…
The people who get paid to get sick

The people who get paid to get sick

I went inside the former hotel where, for science (and money), peop...

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New video! The world's cleanest railway: youtube.com/watch?v=b5Oy29TE…
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New video! How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese: youtube.com/watch?v=evV05QeS…
How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese

How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese

Agroscope is a Swiss government-backed agricultural research lab. I...

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EPISODE 29: The passenger going nowhere. Featuring @EmilyDaEngineer, Wren Weichman (@SirWrender) and Kip Heath (@miceheath). audioboom.com/channels/50977… or your usual podcast provider. Contact the show at lateralcast.com
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New video! The military base where you drive over the runway: youtube.com/watch?v=lPaQInkW…
The military base where you drive over the runway

The military base where you drive over the runway

Meiringen Air Base, in Switzerland, has an unusual feature: two pub...

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New video! It's the Matrix, but for locusts: youtube.com/watch?v=KRIBVykh…
It's the Matrix, but for locusts.

It's the Matrix, but for locusts.

At the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck I...

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