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10 things we didn't know last week

11:41 UK time, Friday, 12 October 2012

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

1. People prone to feeling guilty make for the best friends.
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2. Mice can learn songs.
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3. The Duchess of Cambridge grows her own potatoes.
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4. Women get more stressed than men when they read bad news stories.
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5. Plants grow better if you talk to them in a north-east of England accent.
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6. Dogs work better when they've had their breakfast.
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7. Men named Brian and women called Helen have the best credit profiles in the UK on average.
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8. Chinese soft-shelled turtles pass waste through their mouths.
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9. Men with high testosterone levels lie less.
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10. Bull sharks have the strongest bite of any sharks.
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