10 things we didn't know last week
17:03 UK time, Friday, 4 June 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Ken Dodd sang the third biggest-selling single of the 1960s.
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2. Labour - the childbirth version - can last 20 days.
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3. Alcohol is 75% more affordable since 1980.
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4. Half of all men aged in their 80s have normal testerone levels.
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5. Cheques were used to pay for one of the UK's first internet pay walls, launched by the Times.
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6. In 1830, the prime minister was paid the equivalent of more than half a million pounds.
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7. Elisabeth Taylor was nicknamed "Twit Twaddle" by her ex-husband, Richard Burton.
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8. There are 42 different editions of Trivial Pursuit.
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9. The region with the highest proportion of home-grown vegetables is the South West.
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10. It costs £2,830 to cull a badger.
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