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10 things we didn't know last week

15:07 UK time, Friday, 24 July 2009

yachts_226.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. Winston Churchill's wartime command bunker was not bomb-proof.

2. David Beckham likes wine tasting.

3. The popular saying "finders keepers, losers weepers" dates back to the 19th Century when it was first recorded as "No halfers-findee keepee, lossee seekee".

4. Football score announcer James Alexander Gordon suffered from slurred speech as a child.

5. It's always "esq" and never "esquire" as a written honorific.

6. Until being revamped this week, the Bill's theme tune was called Overkill.

7. The first known maize maze was in Pennsylvania in 1993.

8. The UK's oldest working TV set is from 1936.

9. Before the 20th Century, classical music audiences clapped between the movements. Now it's not the done thing.

10. Toucans use their large bills to keep cool.

Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Anita Bekker for this picture of 10 yachts.

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