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The first book based on Tom Scott's hit podcast, LATERAL! This massive collection of lateral thinking puzzles features 100 questions (40 chosen from the best of Tom Scott's popular LATERAL podcast, 60 that are brand-new) and 20 warm-up brainteasers, all featuring real-world scenarios with unexpected, fascinating answers. Questions are presented with some helpful suggestions to help you get your thoughts moving in the right direction--but even if you don't solve the puzzle, reading the solution lets you share in the ""aha!"" moment, accompanied by fun supplementary details and extra commentary. For example, here's one question: In 1998, many of the people who bought tickets to the Brad Pitt movie Meet Joe Black walked out of theaters before the film even began. Why? The answer: Because they'd only come to watch the trailer for Star Wars, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Reportedly, some cinemas promised to play the trailer a second time at the end of the movie to encourage Star Wars fans to stick around.

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Tom Scott runs two successful Youtube channels with weekly videos. Tom Scott has regular content about science, technology, and interesting curiosities around the world: everything from robotic warehouses and zero-gravity flights to remote outposts in the High Arctic. His videos have taken him across the world, and amassed over 1.6 billion views in the process. David Bodycombe is a producer, media consultant, and writer with a deep interest in quizzes. He was the ""Only Connect"" question editor for its first eight seasons. David has written and edited over 50 puzzle books and is a two-time winner of the World Creative Thinking Championships. He has worked on many books of puzzles and brainteasers, including The Riddles of the Sphinx (2007), a history (and compendium) of puzzles.

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