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Why don't railroads need expansion joints? (www.youtube.com)
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Practical Engineering's video on this is also really good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqmOSMAtadc

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm subscribed, when the video came out something along those lines was the title. They likely changed it because it performed better with viewers.

[–] AstridWipenaugh 3 points 5 days ago

He has a video from a while back where he gets into how he does A/B testing with titles and thumbnails. TL;DR click bait titles and thumbnails work.

[–] pyre 1 points 5 days ago

it's a good hook because I always thought they were supposed to have gaps