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World Service,20 Jan 1999,13 mins

Round the World by Hot Air Balloon

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Presenter Malcolm Billings finds the answers to: Why have all attempts to fly around the world in a hot air balloon ended in failure? What is the inscription on the edge of the British two pound coin? What was there before the Big Bang - something, or nothing?

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