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10 things we didn't know this time last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Tea parties were invented in the 1830s. More details 2. Which means that the 1773 Boston Tea Party wasn't known by...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. You must be 16 to buy Christmas crackers.More details 2. George W Bush read about 95 books a year when US president....

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Away football teams usually have a 30% chance of winning. More details 2. Babies born with no cheekbones have a...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Fish shrink in winter. More details 2. A elephant's cracked tusk requires at least 47 tubes of resin to fill it....

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Mercury can cause birds to seek same-sex relationships. More details 2. Penguin is a Welsh word. More details 3....

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Starfish have a Teflon-like non-stick surface. More details 2. There's a condition that can cause teenagers to sleep...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Catherine Tate appeared in her first Nativity play as Gary Glitter. More details (BBC's The Andrew Marr Show) 2. The...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Cavemen had a taste for vegetables. More details 2. About 80,000 people die each year from smoking. More details 3....

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100 things we didn't know last year

The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2011,...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Bald people grow the wrong type of hair, that is so fine we can't see it. More details 2. Cockpits have coffee cup...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. The father of Michael Palin, who brought the stammer to national attention in the film, A Fish Called Wanda, had one...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Princess Diana had two wedding dresses. More details 2. President Kennedy's famous line "Do not ask..." was inspired...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Polar bears can swim for nine days. More details 2. Tony Blair never had a mobile phone as prime minister. More...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Mark Zuckerberg has watched The Social Network More details (WSJ) 2. Chewing gum can be used to make counterfeit...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. David Hasselhoff is a friend of Morecambe Tory MP David Morris. More details 2. Where you look affects how much pain...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. The paint on an average Easyjet plane weighs 80kg More details 2. Silvio Berlusconi has appeared in 106 trials,...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. The Queen has a washer-up. More details (Daily Telegraph) 2. Robots do marathons. More details 3. Monkeys have...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Kenya's MPs aren't allowed to wear bling. More details 2. People with full bladders make better decisions. More...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Chickens feel empathy. More details (Daily Telegraph) 2. Elephants are good at teamwork. More details 3. The...

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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Monkeys recognise faces. More details 2. Hearing aids can work on teeth. More details 3. St Patrick's Day is a...

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