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Why did the writer George Bernard Shaw call his garden shed London? The answer to that

at the end of the shelf. My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

Our three guests today clicked on a link, hoping to see a video of an adorable kitten,

but instead they've been hoodwinked into this instead. First, we have from the channel Ashan's, Stuart Ashen.

Hello. How are you doing, Stuart? What are you up to these days? I'm very well, thank you.

I'm working on many media projects, most of which you'll never hear off, because that's the way the

media works. Are you just pitching things and at some point a commissioner is just going to come along

and go, no. That's pretty much it, yeah. Sometimes I just write ideas and post them through

random people's letter boxes. He seems to have about the same net effect. Next up from her own

YouTube channel, Karen Puzzles. It is Karenabbat. How are you doing? I'm doing

really well. I've been listening to a lot of lateral while doing puzzles to prepare for this.

This is good. You're all ready for it. Congratulations on the championship win as well.

Thank you. I mean, championship second place. That's still one of the greatest puzzles in America.

So, I mean, congratulations on that. Oh, well, thank you. And finally, joining us, it is PhD astrophysicist from her own channel. It is Dr. Becky. How are you doing? I'm good, thanks, Tom. How are you? Honestly, this is the first show we're filming in a new run. I am out of practice at doing this, but we're going to be fine.

Thank you for asking.

What are you working on at the minute? Oh, I've got two research papers on how supermassive black holes grow that I'm hoping to submit to a journal very soon, very exciting. I'm waiting to see if I've got time on the very large telescope, which, you know, if no one cares about astrophysics, no one will not care about this. But if you are a space man, also got a book out, you have, you know, under publisher's orders put in the back. It's called a brief history of black holes, if anyone's a black hole nerd like I am. Technically, the section to plug you stuff was at the end, but I appreciate the... Just full on going for it at the start. Breaking the mould everywhere, Tom, it's fine. That's fine. So the game's very simple. I've got some tricky questions, and I'm hoping you've got some answers. The questions may seem more chaotic than a teenager's bedroom, but don't worry, the script was thoroughly disinfected earlier. I'm going to start you off with this.

In 2015, after 47 minutes, Niccolo Falcone received a payout of $20,580 after staying in prison

as long as possible. Why? I'll give you that one more time. In 2015, after 47 minutes,

Niccolo Falcone received a payout of $20,580 after staying in prison as long as possible.

Why?

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