10 things we didn't know last week

15:15 UK time, Friday, 7 December 2012

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

1. Prehistoric woolly rhinos were the same size as today's Javan rhino.
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2. The perfect number of baubles on a Christmas tree is 0.206 multiplied by the height of the tree in centimetres.
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3. Gaps from chalk excavation in the 17th Century can cause massive holes today.
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4. Bobby Womack is terrified of cats.
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5. Lobsters sometimes eat each other.
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6. The average person's DNA has 400 flaws.
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7. There are more second homes in Kensington and Chelsea than the Lake District.
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8. Catfish have learnt to hunt for pigeons.
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9. Graphene can be made into blocks by copying the cellular structure of cork.
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10. In the video for Fairytale of New York, the choir are singing the Mickey Mouse Club chant.
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