10 things we didn't know last week
18:12 UK time, Friday, 7 May 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Britain's oldest unsolved murder dates back to 1866.
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2. Discussion about politics is banned inside polling stations.
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3. As is the wearing of rosettes by anyone except for election candidates and their polling agents.
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4. Dawdling across a pedestrian crossing could land you in court.
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5. 1,000,000,000 trillion (that's a billion-trillion) bytes of computer storage is called a zettabyte.
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6. The inventor of the Maclaren folding pushchair also designed the Spitfire's undercarriage.
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7. The difference between the minimum wage and "living wage" in London is £1.80 per hour.
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8. People who regularly have less than six hours sleep increase their chance of dying over a 25-year period by 12%.
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9. Despite its scary name, the colossal squid is no fast-paced predator - it prefers to drift about.
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10. Blood pressure rises when checked by a doctor.
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