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Hey there, folks. Welcome to another episode of the Cracks Podcast.

The podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm the head of podcasting here at Crack.

I'm also known as Shmitty the Clam. I'm also known as Shmitty the Champ.

And I am also also thinking about Selju Cotton.

And here's a quick story for you folks right up top,

based on that Selju Cotton thing.

I just said World War One happened slightly more than 100 years ago.

It was a very bad war.

And in it, Cotton was in short supply.

The Allies needed cotton for bandages for their soldiers.

There wasn't enough of it, but they found two amazing solutions

by turning everyday things into exactly what they needed.

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