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106 = Travel ABC and Art of Karate

Mar 31, 202556 min
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🗺️ Is there an alphabetically perfect travel route?


🪵 What can be done with karate chopped wood?


🤙 And we ride the crest of the Any Other Business wave


You can find the data-basis for the alphabetically perfect travel route here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_number_of_land_borders


Here are some of Bec’s aesthetically pleasing solutions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JubeLHRYl80

https://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2015/12/turn-broken-karate-boards-into-coat-rack.html

https://www.ellemariehome.com/upcycle-karate-break-boards-into-wood-signs/#google_vignette


And you can find Brendan’s magical web app here:

https://bren.app/podcasteveryday/


If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can see Matt here:

https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths

And Bec’s show will be onsale soon!


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