The Plaice to Know

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121: No Such Thing As The Sword In The Carbon Fibre

2016-07-08 · 3 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. River TweedOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Merlin in the original myth is alleged to have been buried at a crossover between two rivers: the River Tweed and a little stream called Powsail Burn. In the legends it was written that if ever the Powsail Burn and the…

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  2. It was discovered by a guy called Sebastian Bianchini in 2008. He was at the University of Havana, and he was pouring hot water from a pot which was just water into a cup which had some tea leaves, some matte tea…

    mentioned at 00:11:23 · See it on the map →

  3. NileOne-offEgypt

    They would go down to the Nile and they would wash all their clothes. One of the hazards of being a laundry man back in ancient Egypt was that it was likely that you were going to be eaten by a crocodile because they…

    mentioned at 00:26:28 · See it on the map →

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