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10 things we didn't know last week

13:35 UK time, Friday, 2 April 2010

cactuc.226.jpgSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. The heat of a chilli pepper is measured on the Scoville Scale.

2. The world's oldest hot cross bun is 189 today.

3. The world record for sitting in a room with snakes without being bitten is 113 days.

4. Fish, rodents and snakes can predict earthquakes.

5. The classic 45-second shower scene in Psycho took a week to film.

6. Britain's oldest-known new father is 76.

7. The average person tells four lies a day.


8. The most visited
exhibition in the world last year was a Buddhist exhibition in Japan.

9. Ordained priests can work in supermarkets.

10. Gossip spreads as rapidly as flu.

Seen 10 things? Thanks to John Gore from Scotland for this week's picture of 10 spiky growths on a cactus.

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