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  • Hey it's me Destin. So a lot of you may not know, because you're new to

  • Smarter Every Day, but I have a sister who lives in West Africa as a peace corps volunteer

  • and I went and helped her teach math and science. Every once in a while I like to upload a video

  • because I learned a lot. Hope you enjoy.

  • [african music]

  • Morning. You would not believe

  • how useful frisbees are. We had a frisbee we were going to play with the kids,

  • and we asked for some food in the morning and this lady

  • served Stevo his cassava and beans

  • in a frisbee. She thought you brought your own plate didn't she?

  • [laughs] So we're just

  • rolling with it. Fish and rice?

  • This is cassava and beans.

  • OK this morning we used your frisbee as a plate to eat cassava and beans,

  • what are we using it for today? - Surgical prep.

  • (Destin) What? -Surgical Prep. -What do you mean?

  • - I mean it's got antiseptic soap in it with water and we're using it to wash hands before we touch

  • a wounded area. -Oh. That's wonderful.

  • (Destin) So what you're saying is a frisbee is one of the most versatile things in the world?

  • - Absolutely - I mean we don't have to say it, you can see it.

  • (Destin) Let me zoom in on your hat there... yeah

  • - A little pitch for ultimate frisbee huh?

  • (Destin) This is a pitch for ultimate frisbee in third world countries. [laugh]

  • (Stevo) It's about more than just sport.

  • (Destin) Yeah it's about helping people. Happy people.

  • Dedi you happy? You happy?

  • (Sister) Tell me when you're ready.

  • -That's such a dad thing to do. [Destin] How else were we gonna get that done? - I know.

  • I'm just glad it was you and I didn't have to do it.

  • (Destin) Feel better?

  • Good. I'm sure that sucker helps too.

  • (Sister) The lolly pop is sweet?

  • [laughs] (Destin) is sweet?

  • Lolly pop help small small? Yes.

  • OK squeeze little.

  • (Sister) My face is stuck like this.

  • (Destin) Hey dog you're not sterile.

  • We're thinking frisbee can take off here in Africa if we could just train somebody to do it.

  • So we've already showed you the several uses for frisbees, so

  • here we're trying to train our first West African

  • ultimate frisbee member.

  • Almost.

  • Keep trying.

  • Send him deep.

  • [laughs]

  • [music]

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Hey it's me Destin. So a lot of you may not know, because you're new to

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