10 things we didn't know last week

1. Cockroaches get lonely.
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2. Swedes go clubbing in their lunch breaks.
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3. Occultist Aleister Crowley, widely denounced as "the wickedest man in the world", had his own chess column in the Eastbourne Gazette.
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4. Police patrols in the Scilly Isles can be conducted by mobility scooter.
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5. Some 22% of Americans believe the world will end in their lifetime.
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6. Wombats used to be as big as sheep.
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7. Bees don't like babysitting their nephews and nieces.
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8. The world's fastest motorised toilet travels at a speed of 46mph (75km/h).
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9. Osama Bin Laden wanted to rebrand - and rename - al-Qaeda.
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10. England manager Roy Hodgson plays the harmonica.
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