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10 things we didn't know last week

18:09 UK time, Friday, 19 March 2010

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

1. Plastic surgeons in the US are doing lip grafts using muscle from the neck to make lips fuller.
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2. For almost 30 years, the Virgin Mary has been said to appear daily in the Bosnian town of Medjugorje.
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3. The mafia use Facebook.
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4. The flat-headed cat has webbed feet.
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5. Bono, Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker sing sea shanties.
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6. A "labile" vitamin means it is easily destroyed.
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7. Straightening irons outsell hairdryers.
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8. Dolphins can swim up to 50 miles a day.
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9. Fried tarantula tastes like liver.
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10. The Achilles tendon usually breaks with a loud snap.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Jo Lewis for this week's picture of 10 swans at Ruislip Lido.

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