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10 things we didn't know last week

16:27 UK time, Friday, 3 August 2012

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

1. Moths wander around after landing until they find a surface matching their colour.

2. There is a formula for the perfect sandcastle.

3. Elephants use bass singing to keep the herd together.

4. The US airforce trains more drone pilots than actual pilots.

5. A male rhinoceros beetle can lift 850 times its body weight.
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6. There are 83 million fake Facebook accounts.

7. Palm trees once grew on Antarctica.
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8. Blackpool is the antidepressant capital of England.
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9. Fish can get skin cancer.

10. The same man wrote the score for Citizen Kane and Vertigo.
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