10 things we didn't know last week

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

1. PowerPoint was originally called Presentation.
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2. The average length of a PowerPoint presentation is 250 mins.
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3. Emoticons in the East are the right way up (^_^).
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4. The British Board of Film Classification has denied only three titles seeking an 18 rating during the last four years.
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5. Surnames can have question marks.
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6. You can write using squid ink.
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7. Cricketer Andrew Flintoff played chess for Lancashire as a schoolboy.
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8. The number of people reporting UFO sightings leapt up in the year when Independence Day was released in the UK.
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9. London Ashford Airport and London Southend Airport are not officially recognised as London airports.
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10. Four people died after being stung by a wasp, bee or hornet, in England and Wales in 2007.
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BBC NEWS MAGAZINE.

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