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00:00 INTRO
00:40 THE KRUL SYMBOL
3:16 HOW TO SUPPORT NAME EXPLAIN
3:57 NEW BOOK RELEASE
5:08 POTENTIAL ORIGINS OF THE KRUL SYMBOL
6:39 THE MEANING OF THE WORD KRUL
6:49 OUTRO
7:47 BLOOPERS

SOURCES
dutchreview.com/dutch-quirks/dutch-quirk-69-use-a-cryptic-symbol-to-mark-someones-work-as-correct
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/02/09/waar-komt-het-en-vandaan-het-11995186-a946165

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