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Five Guineas — Why isn't the London Tube map to scale, and who designed it?
24 questions · 15 min

The Last Wolf
15 min

One More Tree
16 min

The Hungry Season — How does natural selection actually work?
21 questions · 13 min

The Line on the Floor — How do you split something fairly? (I cut, you choose)
25 questions · 14 min

The Ring of Names — How did we learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs?
26 questions · 14 min

Tjugo kilo pengar — Vad är pengar egentligen, och vad är inflation?
27 questions · 14 min

Three and a Bit — Why is pi 3.14, and what is pi actually measuring?
28 questions · 15 min

Uphill Water — How does a canal lock work, and how does a boat go up a hill?
13 questions · 10 min

One Disc Lied — How do computers find a mistake in a message?
15 questions · 12 min

Four Little Pins — How does a key open a lock?
15 questions · 10 min

Grandpa Never Loses — How to always win the 21 matchstick game (Nim)
22 questions · 15 min