10 things we didn't know week before last week BBC

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

1. Bald people grow the wrong type of hair, that is so fine we can't see it.
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2. Cockpits have coffee cup holders.
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3. Unauthorised use of a red cross breaks the Geneva Convention.
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4. Women's tears reduce sexual desire in men.
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5. Door number 243 is the unluckiest address in the UK.
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6. Three people claim to have started the story about Bob Holness playing the sax on Baker Street.
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7. Ants retire from chewing leaves.
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8. It used to be someone's job to knock on people's windows with a pole to wake them up.
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9. And ancient Greeks used water devices for the same purpose.
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10. Male and female butterflies take it in turns to make sexual advances.
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Read MORE » on DogmeatSnippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Bald people grow the wrong type of hair, that is so fine we can't see it. More details 2. Cockpits have coffee cup holders. More details (CNN) 3. Unauthorised use of a red cross breaks the Geneva Conven ...