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10 things we didn't know last week

15:58 UK time, Friday, 11 December 2009

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

1. Kit Kats used to be called Chocolate Crisps.

2. taH pagh taHbe is "To be or not to be" in Klingon.

3. And hok-oo means "watch out, other monkeys about!" in monkey language.

4. It's not Tiger, but Eldrick Woods.

5. Procter and Gamble set up a media company in 1933 to promote its detergents in the first "soap operas" - the last in its stable, As The World Turns, has just been cancelled.

6. Eco-light bulbs are designed to be brightest at 25C, and can get dimmer when cooler or hotter than that.

7. eBay's first ever item sold was a broken laser pointer for for $14.83.

8. Douglas Fairbanks and Cary Grant were among the first to repopularise pink as a colour for men.

9. Tipsy people who drink coffee to "sober up" are more likely to underestimate how drunk they really are.

10. The German Cold War bunker up for auction is so well protected, it can withstand a jumbo crashing into the mountain it is hidden inside.

Seen 10 things? Thanks to Sarah O'Donoghue for this picture of the zero point for 10 North Eastern railway lines, taken at York station; and to Basil Long for thing 5.

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