10 things we didn't know last week
17:29 UK time, Friday, 19 December 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Sugar does not cause hyperactive behaviour.
2. Oliver Twist was not hungry when he asked for more.
3. Leonard Cohen's original Hallelujah has more than 80 verses.
4. Sneezing can be a sign of sexual arousal.
5. It's legal to serve legal papers by Facebook, in Australia.
6. It's a bad idea to put out a chip pan fire with a wet tea towel.
7. The world's oldest singer and actor is 105.
8. Some villages in Wales still don't have mains electricity.
9. Japan has its own version of the foot-measurement - called the kanejaku.
10. The average global temperature is about 0.7C above pre-industrial times.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to PA for this week's picture of 10 present bearers.
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