About Tom Scott

Tom Scott says he makes things despite knowing “they will probably come back to haunt me in a few years’ time.” In his web series Things You Might Not Know, Amazing Places and Built for Science, the London-based YouTuber teaches 1M+ subscribers about everything from science and technology to history, languages, and sociology. Tom also hosts panel show Citation Needed with a group of friends called the Technical Difficulties. While traveling to shoot his globe-spanning videos, Tom lets fans in on the fun, commenting about his adventures to nearly 70K Twitter fans, and posting pics for 15K+ Instagram followers.

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