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10 things we didn't know last week

17:32 UK time, Friday, 17 April 2009

10_ypudds.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. Squatters take over islands, as well as homes.

2. White wine has more calories than red wine.

3. Some ants reproduce without sex.

4. About 15% of the world's wine bottles have screw caps.

5. If you list your religion as Jedi on the census, the Office of National Statistics will class this as atheist.

6. Pandas prefer artificial sweetener to sugar.

7. Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animals.

8. Being sorry originally meant to be distressed and sad.

9. About one in 30 people suffers from agoraphobia.

10. A thrown shoe is considered an insult in India, as well as the Middle East, where George Bush famously dodged a lobbed loafer.

Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Liam Whelan in Barnsley for this week's picture of 10 Yorkshire puddings.

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