11 April 2014
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2. Swedes will pay a lot for the first strawberries of the season.
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3. Flies can completely change direction by rolling their bodies and giving a slight flick of their wings - all within five milliseconds.
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4. Hawaii consumes more spam than any other state in the US.
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5. Professional musicians struggle to tell the difference between Stradivarius violins and modern instruments in blind testing.
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6. Bank of England workers in the 1980s had to do dexterity tests using tweezers and washers.
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7. Lawrence of Arabia was offered a job as a nightwatchman at the bank. He turned it down.
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8. Yellow sac spiders are strongly attracted to Mazda cars.
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9. Only a steel shortage stopped the Soviet Union creating the world's tallest structure in 1922.
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10. People called Eleanor are disproportionately likely to get into Oxford University.
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10 things we didn't know last week
1. Your taste buds go numb when you fly.
Find out more (Bloomberg)2. Swedes will pay a lot for the first strawberries of the season.
Find out more (The Local)
3. Flies can completely change direction by rolling their bodies and giving a slight flick of their wings - all within five milliseconds.
Find out more
4. Hawaii consumes more spam than any other state in the US.
Find out more (Financial Times)
5. Professional musicians struggle to tell the difference between Stradivarius violins and modern instruments in blind testing.
Find out more (The Strad)
6. Bank of England workers in the 1980s had to do dexterity tests using tweezers and washers.
Find out more
7. Lawrence of Arabia was offered a job as a nightwatchman at the bank. He turned it down.
Find out more
8. Yellow sac spiders are strongly attracted to Mazda cars.
Find out more
9. Only a steel shortage stopped the Soviet Union creating the world's tallest structure in 1922.
Find out more
10. People called Eleanor are disproportionately likely to get into Oxford University.
Find out more
Seen a thing? Tell the Magazine on Twitter using the hashtag #thingIdidntknowlastweek
Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook
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