Interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from daily news stories and the Magazine picks out such snippets for its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. Here’s an almanac of the best of 2011.
87. Jimmy Savile and Margaret Thatcher celebrated New Year’s Eve together 11 years in a row.
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100 things we didn’t know last year
The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. To kick off 2010, here’s an almanac of the best from the past year.
47. Britain had animal welfare laws before it had child welfare laws.
100 things we didn’t know last year
Interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. To kick off 2009, here are some of the best of last year.
87. Barack Obama supports West Ham.
100 things we didn’t know last year
The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year.
67. The brain can turn down its ability to see in order to listen to complex sounds like music.
100 things we didn’t know last year
Each week, the Magazine chronicles interesting and sometimes downright unexpected facts from the news, through its strand 10 things we didn’t know last week. Here, to round off the year, are some of the best from the past 12 months.
96. Flushing a toilet costs, on average, 1.5p.
100 things we didn’t know this time last year
Each week the Magazine picks out snippets from the news, and compiles them into 10 Things We Didn’t Know This Time Last Week. Here’s an end of year almanac.
6: WD-40 dissolves cocaine.
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