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10 things we didn't know last week

17:25 UK time, Friday, 13 February 2009

10galahs.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. King Henry VIII was a soppy romantic.

2. Toddlers from well-off families use more hand gestures.

3. The Neanderthals had the speech gene, FOXP2.

4. You can safely eat more than three eggs a week.

5. Nobody really knows when Titian was born.

6. Some of the smells that emanate from chip shops are comparable to butterscotch, onion and ironing boards.

7. Delhi's sewers are cleaned by workers wearing only shorts and rubber gloves.

8. Vladimir Putin prefers the Beatles to Abba.
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9. About 6,000 satellites have been put into orbit so far.

10. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Sandra Parker for this photo of 10 galahs, native parrots, in her garden in the Northern Territory, Australia.


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