In this longer-than-usual episode, you'll learn how obsessed the world has become with taking images, where it all started, and how many pictures it takes to capture a nuclear explosion.

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This week, it's footwear. We find out how clogs messed up machinery and learn to tell our right foot from our left.

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This week, Simon and Bruce check out the future - or at least the various ways of predicting it. From the Soothsayers to the Simpsons, there are so many ways of knowing what's to come. Think of a number between 1 and 10. And, the number you thought of was... 7. Spooky.

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Flags. You probably see at least one every day. But where do they come from? What do they mean? And why do flagpoles sometimes wear cravats? All this and more this week on Factoraly. Check out the show notes on the blog at Factoraly.com, comment on Facebook, or better yet, give this episode and all of Factoraly a five-star review in your podcast player!

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Another subject that just gets bigger and bigger - a bit like a tree, really. Trees have always been, and continue to be, one of the most important organisms in the life of humans. And yet, we take them for granted most of the time. This episode highlights just how vital (literally) trees are to us.

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In this episode, you'll discover how long glass bottles have been around (longer than you may think), and how to open a bottle of Champagne with a sabre.

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It's a fact of life. When you've got to go, you've got to go, and the best place to go is always to the Factoraly podcast! This one is full of toilet humour. And Toilet facts. More than you ever wanted to know about, as Kermode and Mayo call it, 'Trying hard'. We're looking to get to number 1, but we'd be happy with number 2 in the charts.

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Bruce's background in Art and Advertising means he's a proper type nerd. Simon sits back and takes it all in.

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This show looks at plugs of all sorts. From bath plugs to electrical plugs... and beyond. If you can guess what sort of alternative plugs might be mentioned, then you might be in tune with Bruce...

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Spuds. Dull or what? Well, or what, actually. It turns out there's a lot more to the humble potato than you'd expect. The duo totter towards a tater with a lot of tittle-tattle surrounding the Central American tuber.

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