10 things we didn't know last week

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

1. A mother's diet at conception influences the gender of her baby.
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2. Elvis visited Britain.
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3. Gordon Brown did not send a Christmas card to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel or Russia's outgoing president, Vladimir Putin.

4. Staff at the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop were only offered six-month contracts when it opened 50 years ago, because the corporation feared the work would drive them mad.
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5. There are 109 journeys between London's Tube stations that are quicker to walk.
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6. Astronauts at the International Space Station must spend two hours a day exercising their legs.
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7. The language of space is English.
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8. The UK's most valuable tree is the plane.
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9. Children are more likely to injure themselves falling out of bed than out of a tree.
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10. A woman's chances of quitting smoking is linked to her hormones.
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Sources: 3 - Times, Tuesday

Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Anna Bostock for this week's picture of 10 American 1950s-era cars, spotted in Havana, Cuba.

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