10 things we didn't know this time last week
17:52 UK time, Friday, 9 May 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Kosher is not the word to describe the method of slaughtering animals which conforms to Jewish law - it's shechita.
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2. Britons throw away 1.3 million unopened pots of yoghurt each day.
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3. Punch and Judy puppeteers are called professors.
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4. The duck-billed platypus's genetic code contains avian, reptilian and mammalian features.
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5 No one knows how many adults there are in England with autism.
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6. Foreign workers at British airports don't have to undergo criminal record checks.
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7. Only 3% of London street robberies are solved with the help of CCTV evidence.
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8. The song Waltzing Matilda was believed to be a socialist anthem.
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9. Catherine Tate won the People's Choice Award at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, not Ant and Dec.
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10. Flowers wave at passing insects to get their attention.
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