Show Notes
🗺️ Is there an alphabetically perfect travel route?
🪵 What can be done with karate chopped wood?
🤙 And we ride the crest of the Any Other Business wave
You can find the data-basis for the alphabetically perfect travel route here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_number_of_land_borders
Here are some of Bec’s aesthetically pleasing solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JubeLHRYl80 https://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2015/12/turn-broken-karate-boards-into-coat-rack.html https://www.ellemariehome.com/upcycle-karate-break-boards-into-wood-signs/#google_vignette
And you can find Brendan’s magical web app here: https://bren.app/podcasteveryday/
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can see Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths And Bec’s show will be onsale soon!
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