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10 things we didn't know last week

17:46 UK time, Friday, 18 June 2010

10englandflags.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. Whale poo helps absorb CO2.

2. The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ failed to record Charles de Gaulle's famous broadcast to German-occupied France.

3. Vuvuzelas are pitched at the B flat below middle C.

4. Male menopause exists (in 2% of men).

5. Britain's VAT of 17.5% is one of the lowest rates in Europe.

6. That "USA WINS 1-1" headline in the New York Post? They were joking.
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7. Men were taught to change nappies at Fathercraft classes in the 1920s.

8. The government considered blocking North Korea from the 1966 World Cup.

9. Using the words "Games" and "2012" could land advertisers a £20,000 fine come the next Olympics.

10. Mathematicians busk.

Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Vic Barton-Walderstadt for this photo of 10 England flags.

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