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Book of the Week

00:30 - 00:48

A ship that repaired itself, and how the earliest telephones worked without bells.

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  1. Sputnik The Phantom Cosmonaut

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    2/5. By Anita Sullivan. Rumours remain about missions that went wrong and were never reported.

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