Forest of Dean

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When Nelson was born, was he too large to fit out of the birth? Oh, they had to physically dismantle him. Oh, God. This is really cool. Three years before the battle, right, he went around the Forest of Deem, which provided all the wood for the, you know, the Napoleonic Navy. It was 6,000 trees. He was appalled at what he found, right? Because loads of the forest was unavailable.

from No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces, 2017-04-28 at 00:29:56 · read transcript ⏱ 00:29:56