10 things we didn't know last week
16:25 UK time, Friday, 8 August 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Cataplexy is a rare condition that means laughter can bring on paralysis.
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2. Flat-earthers call spherical-world believers "globularists".
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3. The number 8 is an auspicious number in China because its Mandarin translation is "ba", which sounds like the word for "prosper".
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4. All countries have rights over resources up to 200 nautical miles from their shoreline.
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5. The Japanese have a day to celebrate greenery called midorinohi.
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6. Pet dogs can catch human yawns.
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7. Fencing is Italy's most successful Olympic sport.
8. Sportsmen make better decisions in heat.
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9. Some people can hear what they see.
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10. Robins only became a symbol for Christmas in the 19th Century, when postmen - who mostly brought mail at Christmas - wore scarlet waistcoats and were known as Robin Redbreasts.
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Sources: 7 - BBC One
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