10 THINGS !

10 things we didn't know last week

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

1. Moby is related to novelist Herman Melville and was named after his most famous creation.
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2. Golf can damage hearing.
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3. The average age of MI5 staff is 40.
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4. Three billion e-mails are sent in the UK daily.
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5. Mosquitoes mate in about 10 seconds.
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6. Internet use peaks in the UK between 5pm and 6pm on Sundays.
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7. Tasmanian devils are being killed off by cancer.
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8. You can hiccup while asleep.
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9. Montenegro has the euro despite not being in the EU.
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10. Printing more money to increase the supply is known as quantitative easing .
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BBC NEWS MAGAZINE.