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10 things we didn't know last week

15:12 UK time, Friday, 16 April 2010

10birds_226.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. There are leeches that like living in your nose.
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2. British servicemen and women have had their own brand of tea since 1921.
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3. Israeli lottery winners often wear masks to conceal their identity while accepting the prize.
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4. The Turin Shroud is woven in a herringbone pattern.
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5. Doctor Who regenerations were modelled on bad LSD trips.
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6. Banknotes were first widely circulated in the Song Dynasty in 10th Century China.
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7. In Cuba, barber shops and beauty salons are run by the state.
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8. Motorists use excuses as imaginative as UFOs and "bad weather" to try and get out of parking fines.
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9. Former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler used to pause Top of the Pops and stare at Johnny Marr's hands.
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10. Sir Cliff Richard split up with his first serious girlfriend by letter.
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