10 things we didn't know last week


10 things we didn't know last week

Friday, 10 February 2012
 
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The last chocolate in the box really does taste better.


2. Diogenes extended his middle finger as a gesture of contempt in 4th Century BC Athens.

3. A severed head was a Valentine's gift in 19th Century Taiwan.


4. Hitler was embarrassed about a photograph showing him wearing lederhosen.

5. Cabbages can talk to each other.


6. Lizards can survive a spin in the washing machine.

7. A source in an FBI report described Steve Jobs as a "deceptive individual who is not completely forthright and honest".

8. David Beckham has only three close friends.


9. Seagrass is the oldest living thing on earth.

10. Having an easy-to-say name makes you more likely to get promoted.

     
    With Courtesy of  BBC

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