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10 things we didn't know last week

17:02 UK time, Friday, 24 February 2012

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

1. Moths have a taste for chardonnay.
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2. Ice Age plants can be brought back to life.
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3. The longest word ever used in the House of Commons is floccinaucinihilipilification.
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4. Spiders appear bigger when you're afraid of them.

5. Men might not become extinct after all.
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6. In 1811, stealing brass knockers from doors was known as a "noisy dog racket".

7. The early horse shrank to the size of a cat.

8. World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was correct about why leopards have spots.

9. Heart attack symptoms differ in men and women.
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10. Queen's Park Rangers captain Joey Barton is a fan of Desert Island Discs.

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