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10 things we didn't know last week

16:28 UK time, Friday, 14 December 2012

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

1. Dogs can sniff out hospital superbugs.

2. In China, crowded public swimming pools are called boiling dumplings.

3. After a minute on the floor, food has 10 times more bacteria than after five seconds.

4. Female fish fancy males who flirt with other males.
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5. Orkney has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world.

6. Climbing stairs one at a time burns more calories than leaping up multiple steps.

7. King's Lynn is the caravan capital of England and Wales.
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8. Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago.

9. Backward-facing barbs make porcupine prickles hard to remove.
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10. You can use a vibrator to save a tortoise's life.

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