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Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
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#55 -Farts
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
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#53 - Car Boots
Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.
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Jigsaws
Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.
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#52 - Breakfast Cereals
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
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#51 - Oboe Reeds
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
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#50 - Windows
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
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#49 - Coal Holes
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
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Data Centres
What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
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#47 - Crinoline Ladies
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.