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10 things we didn't know last week

11:43 UK time, Friday, 11 November 2011

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

1. Thierville in Normandy did not lose any service personnel in France's last five wars.
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2. Scottish remembrance poppies have four petals and no leaf, unlike the more common two petals and a single green leaf.
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3. A Browning machine gun can be made to fire after 70 years buried in a bog.
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4. Horses with distinctive black-and-white leopard-like markings roamed Europe 25,000 years ago.

5. A devil's face has been hidden for centuries in a fresco by the Italian renaissance master Giotto.
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6. Occupy was the most commonly used word in print and on the internet in the past year, according to one study.

7. Penguins enjoy mud spas. More details

8. British consulates cannot supply Phil Collins' phone number. More details

9. 11.11.11 is the day that most closely resembles corduroy.

10. Locally produced pound notes are used as currency in Totnes, Devon, and Lewes, Sussex.

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