What did Singapore ban in 1992 when the doors of its mass rapid transit trains kept getting stuck?

The answer to that at the end of the show. My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

Welcome to the podcast that's not afraid to tackle life's great mysteries, like why socks

always disappear in the dryer or why cats are always jerks. Just don't ask me why printer ink

is so expensive. You're on your own there. Here to take the world to task, we have the folks

from Let's Learn Everything who have for this recording, and in a joke that does not really work for an audio podcast

all turned up in identical red t-shirts that match mine.

I appreciate the effort you went with.

Like, you spent money for a joke on a podcast that isn't even yours.

Like, thank you, folks. I'm honored.

It's so worth it.

It's so worth it, Tom.

I'm really excited for the clips out of context

where we don't explain why we're all wearing a shirt.

It's going to seem like I've sent a uniform out to y'all.

It's going to feel like I was responsible for this. and that somehow we now all make the guests look like me.

I'm going to spread that rumor.

Please don't. I don't need that rumor in my life.

Or maybe we'll just, that you edit them in post To make them all

You'll see or something

What happened was

We record these kind of a couple at a time

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