10 THINGS

10 things we didn't know last week

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

1. The village of Cambourne, in Cambridgeshire, has a higher birth rate than India and China.
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2. Block capitals are used to signify formality.
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3. Only half of seven-year-olds with an August birthday reach expected educational level.
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4. WalMart is the biggest employer in the world.
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5. It is not against the law to be naked in public in the UK.
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6. Michael Aspel was a wartime evacuee.
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7. Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA.
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8. Britain's oldest original computer, the Harwell, first ran in 1951.
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9. The crease under your buttocks is called the gluteal fold.
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10. Nasa gave moon rocks to more than 100 countries following lunar missions in the 1970s. More details

BBC NEWS MAGAZINE.