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10 things we didn't know last week

12:44 UK time, Friday, 21 December 2012

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

1. There is a North Korean video game called Pyongyang Race.

2. Reindeers really do have red noses.

3. Humans outnumber rats by six to one in the UK.
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4. Pizza Hut in Singapore sells a pizza in a pizza.

5. Politicians in Japan wave sea breams to mimic sumo wrestlers.
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6. Early historical references to Christmas trees place the first one in Tallinn.

7. Linking two hormones into a single molecule cuts obesity in mice.

8. David Tennant pees in his garden to ward off foxes.

9. Wild elephants living in China 3,000 years ago belonged to the extinct genus Palaeoloxodon.
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10. In 1902 the Walls made the first recording of a family Christmas.
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