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| 10 things we didn't know last week | 10 things we didn't know last week |
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| 1. Olive oil and baking powder are rubbed onto parts of the Sydney Opera House in order to maintain it. | 1. Olive oil and baking powder are rubbed onto parts of the Sydney Opera House in order to maintain it. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 2. South Korean soap operas are popular in Cuba. | 2. South Korean soap operas are popular in Cuba. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 3. A porcupine can fight off a pride of lions. | 3. A porcupine can fight off a pride of lions. |
| Find out more (Science Alert) | |
| 4. Bats jam rivals' senses in the race for food by sabotaging their sound signals. | 4. Bats jam rivals' senses in the race for food by sabotaging their sound signals. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 5. Iran publishes three times more books than all Arab nations combined. | 5. Iran publishes three times more books than all Arab nations combined. |
| Find out more (Economist) | Find out more (Economist) |
| 6. Islamic State's supposed women's wing has launched an online recipe service for jihadist wives. Millet balls are said to go well with coffee in between battles. | 6. Islamic State's supposed women's wing has launched an online recipe service for jihadist wives. Millet balls are said to go well with coffee in between battles. |
| Find out more (The Times) | Find out more (The Times) |
| 7. Taylor Swift sold more albums in seven days than the combined total of numbers two to 107 on the Billboard chart. | 7. Taylor Swift sold more albums in seven days than the combined total of numbers two to 107 on the Billboard chart. |
| Find out more (New York Times) | Find out more (New York Times) |
| 8. Happiness nosedives as you hit middle age, but only if you live in the affluent West. | 8. Happiness nosedives as you hit middle age, but only if you live in the affluent West. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 8. Female tilapia fish can tell how dominant a male is by smelling his pee. | 8. Female tilapia fish can tell how dominant a male is by smelling his pee. |
| Find out more (National Geographic) | Find out more (National Geographic) |
| 9. The most common culprits for mistaken UFO sightings in France are Chinese lanterns. | 9. The most common culprits for mistaken UFO sightings in France are Chinese lanterns. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 10. Columnist Lucy Kellaway prints out her draft pieces in Comic Sans to try and detect typos. | 10. Columnist Lucy Kellaway prints out her draft pieces in Comic Sans to try and detect typos. |
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