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10 things we didn't know last week

13:20 UK time, Friday, 28 May 2010

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Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. People conduct 22 Google searches each day, on average.
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2. The European Cup was stolen in 1982 when Aston Villa players took it to a pub in the West Midlands.
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3. Stars eat planets.
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4. Ray Alan's puppet Lord Charles was modelled on Stan Laurel.
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5. A pollen expert is called a palynologist.
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6. Brushing teeth is good for the heart.
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7. Botticelli's Venus and Mars were high on drugs.
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8. Andy Murray has a kneecap made of two separate bones rather than one.
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9. In winning Eurovision songs, one word in every 50 is "love".
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10. The risk of contracting HIV is higher during pregnancy.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Vic Barton-Walderstadt for this week's picture of 10 daisies in London's Hyde Park.

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