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World Service,18 Sep 2021,9 mins

How many holes are there in a drinking straw?

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Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg, professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws. (multi-coloured straws/Getty images)

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