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10 things we didn't know this time last week

17:16 UK time, Friday, 1 February 2008

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Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. Fear of needles is known as belonephobia.

2. Double-income families are not a modern invention - in prehistoric times, they were the norm.

3. Cumbria is the safest county in England and Wales.

4. The D-Day landings were practised on the island of Eigg.

5. Irish singer Joe Dolan sold his hip for charity in an online auction.

6. Some 2.9 million rooms have been lost in British homes over the past five years as owners opt for open-plan designs.

7. Almost 4% of Scotland's phone boxes didn't host a single call in 2007.

8. The age at which we are most vulnerable to depression is 44, while a 70-year-old who is physically fit is, on average, as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year-old.

9. Chameleons change colour to stand out and attract mates, rather than hide.

10. Harry S Truman, former US president, has no middle name - his advisers insisted he insert an initial between his first and last names if he was to have any credibility with US voters.

Sources, where not linked: 6 - Mirror, 29 Jan.

Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Kate Shaw for this week's picture of 10 kite surfers - nine in the air and one on the beach.

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