Bonus: 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Langstroth Hive
Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage
Cellophane
Bonus 3: Mosquito and surgical needle
Gyroscope
Bonus 4: Woodpecker and black box
QWERTY
Bicycle
Mail order catalogue
Brick
Spreadsheet
Recycling
Pornography
Dwarf wheat
'Like' button
Pencil
Blockchain
Factory
CubeSat
Rubber
Postage stamp
RFID: The tech you’ve never heard of – but use every day
Fire
Cassava
Solar PV
Chatbot
Oil
Interchangeable parts
Canned food
18 March 2019
1 minute
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Fifty more things are on their way! Including the pencil, blockchain, bicycle, credit ratings and gambling.
Tim Harford will return with season two on 25 March 2019.
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