10 things we didn't know last week
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Eighty-two million people play Farmville.
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2. The name "scrumpy" comes from a word meaning small and shrivelled.
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3. Rudyard Kipling turned down the Order of Merit - twice.
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4. In The Wizard of Oz, Toto was played by a dog called Terry.
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5. Pine that is grown in a cold climate has greater durability.
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6. The Bill began life as a one-off drama called Woodentop.
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7. The world's most complex mathematical problem is called the Poincare Conjecture.
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8. There are only about 10 Pagani Zonda S supercars produced each year.
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9. Teachers sometimes get lavish gifts from their pupils like a Tiffany bracelet.
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10. Over 260 species of marine wildlife become entangled in litter or mistake it for food.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Anita Bekker for this week's picture of 10 boats.


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