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World Service,06 Nov 1998,29 mins

Everyday Conundrums Explained

Megamix

Available for over a year

The Baffle Bag King answers listeners’ quirky questions – from ‘Why are jeans called jeans?’ to ‘How does a boomerang go around in the air?’ Also on the show, Captain Cosmos discusses the expanding universe in part 4 of Megamix’s Doomsday series; and the young Amish people in Lancaster County, America, charged with conspiring with a biker gang to supply and sell drugs at local barn dances.

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