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World Service,20 Jan 1999,13 mins

Asteroid Threat

On Your Behalf

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Presenter Malcolm Billings finds the answers to: Will the earth be one day hit by an asteroid with disastrous effect? How did cricket get strange terms like 'maiden over' 'long legs' and 'slip'? Why did the Elder Dempster ships, the MV Aureol and MV Apapa, stop visiting West Africa so abruptly? Why do women's clothes traditionally button up on the left side and men's on the right?

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