10 things we didn't know last week
15:15 UK time, Friday, 7 December 2012
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience
1. Prehistoric woolly rhinos were the same size as today's Javan rhino.
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2. The perfect number of baubles on a Christmas tree is 0.206 multiplied by the height of the tree in centimetres.
3. Gaps from chalk excavation in the 17th Century can cause massive holes today.
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4. Bobby Womack is terrified of cats.
5. Lobsters sometimes eat each other.
6. The average person's DNA has 400 flaws.
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7. There are more second homes in Kensington and Chelsea than the Lake District.
8. Catfish have learnt to hunt for pigeons.
9. Graphene can be made into blocks by copying the cellular structure of cork.
10. In the video for Fairytale of New York, the choir are singing the Mickey Mouse Club chant.
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