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🗓️ 31 December 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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It’s hard to imagine how anyone looked cool before the invention of sunglasses, but just when did humans pop their first pair of shades? In this episode of Invention, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick discuss everything from the blinding white hell of arctic wastes to the blood-soaked spectacle of gladiatorial combat.
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1:39.0 | Hey, welcome to Invention. My name is Robert Lamb. |
1:42.6 | And I'm Joe McCormick. Robert, what kind of sunglasses do you wear? |
1:46.1 | Well, currently, my son is six years old. So I've been going through a spell here where I can really only wear whatever kind of semi-garbage swag sunglasses come my way, you know, with various brand names plastered the side of them. Because |
2:01.6 | inevitably, especially when he was younger, my son would have to get his hands on whatever |
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