10 things we didn't know last week
17:17 UK time, Friday, 16 October 2009
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Earth's warmest year was 1998.
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2. Morecambe and Wise nearly split up, before they had even got on television.
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3. Sailors in Tudor times had man bags.
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4. Some spiders are vegetarian.
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5. Each person has 1.5kg of probiotic bacteria in their digestive system, on average.
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6. The placebo effect is real.
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7. Boyzone sold more singles than Take That in the 1990s.
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8. Culled rabbits are used to heat homes in Sweden.
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9. William Pitt's dying words were about House of Commons catering.
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10. Jeremy Clarkson's father was friends with the Monty Python team.
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