10 things we didn't know last week
17:46 UK time, Friday, 18 June 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Whale poo helps absorb CO2.
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2. The BBC failed to record Charles de Gaulle's famous broadcast to German-occupied France.
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3. Vuvuzelas are pitched at the B flat below middle C.
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4. Male menopause exists (in 2% of men).
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5. Britain's VAT of 17.5% is one of the lowest rates in Europe.
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6. That "USA WINS 1-1" headline in the New York Post? They were joking.
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7. Men were taught to change nappies at Fathercraft classes in the 1920s.
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8. The government considered blocking North Korea from the 1966 World Cup.
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9. Using the words "Games" and "2012" could land advertisers a £20,000 fine come the next Olympics.
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10. Mathematicians busk.
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