10 things we didn't know last week
16:15 UK time, Friday, 23 July 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Twenty babies born in the UK since World War II have been named Adolf.
2. Thursday is the grumpiest day, according to research in the US.
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3. In Brazil, a social networking site called Orkut has more members than Facebook and Twitter combined.
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4. Beer can have an alcohol content of 55%.
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5. Jokes can be protected by copyright, in theory.
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6. Blood can be mixed with pulp to make a page in a book.
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7. A sum of £650m can buy you about 7% of the world's cocoa.
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8. Before 2008, prisoners were allowed to have fancy dress parties and comedy nights.
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9. Black parents can have white, blond-haired children.
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10. Tour de France etiquette dictates that cyclists should not overtake the leader if he suffers mechanical problems.
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