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and Arrests in Scotland
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Tim Harford with statistics on suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis. Plus goats
A listener asks whether his Volvo is the safest car on the road?
Tim Harford questions the usefulness of a popular heart age calculator.
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Computer programmes are being developed to combat fake news.
What would have been the most efficient way to get to Mordor?
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