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Alec (the person who runs this channel) has a habit of rambling on about all sorts of semi-related historical facts and other such nonsense.
I understand if that is not to your taste. I quite like it.
It's not even that i don't like it, but i would like the TL;DW
TL;DW: Specification says that the holes are optional, but they are often used to facilitate the manufacture of the plug blades. It defines a position and size for the holes so that they will be out of the way of the actual part of the plug that makes contact
Thanks