10 things we didn't know last week
16:28 UK time, Friday, 14 December 2012
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Dogs can sniff out hospital superbugs.
More details (BMJ)
2. In China, crowded public swimming pools are called boiling dumplings.
More details (Financial Times)
3. After a minute on the floor, food has 10 times more bacteria than after five seconds.
More details (The Atlantic)
4. Female fish fancy males who flirt with other males.
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5. Orkney has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world.
More details (The Guardian)
6. Climbing stairs one at a time burns more calories than leaping up multiple steps.
More details (Belfast Telegraph)
7. King's Lynn is the caravan capital of England and Wales.
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8. Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago.
More details (The Guardian)
9. Backward-facing barbs make porcupine prickles hard to remove.
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10. You can use a vibrator to save a tortoise's life.
More details (Animal Protection Agency)
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