10 things we didn't know this time last week
17:12 UK time, Friday, 2 May 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. An LSD trip led to the invention of the vegeburger.
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2. "Unlawfully laying hands on a cow with intent" was a crime in 19th Century Britain.
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3. Colossal squid have the biggest eyes of any creature on the planet at a whopping 11 inches.
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4. The most popular name for a pub is the Red Lion, with 756 such establishments across the UK.
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5. The most common "combination craving" for a pregnant woman is pickles and peanut butter.
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6. Inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos are known as Lesbians.
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7. Humans can hold their breath for 17 minutes.
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8. A severed finger tip can grow back naturally.
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9. Residents of Sheffield have the worst tooth decay of people anywhere in Britain.
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10. Children who attend daycare or playgroups are less like to develop the most common type of childhood leukaemia.
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