10 things we didn't know last week #3

by **hudunikibolokov** Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:37 pm

1. Crocodiles can climb trees.

Find out more (Newsr)

2. Cate Blanchett and her husband share an email account.

Find out more (Sydney Morning Herald)

3. The brain reacts to :-) in the same way as a human face but (-: does not give the same response.

Find out more (Daily Telegraph)

4. The first reference to the tooth fairy appeared in print in 1927.

Find out more (Salon)

5. Mathematical formulae can evoke the same sense of beauty in human brains as artistic masterpieces.

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6. One in three British households owns Queen's Greatest Hits.

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7. South Australia has a higher rate of hypothermia deaths than Sweden.

Find out more (Smithsonian)

8. Comedian Les Dawson wrote a secret romantic thriller under the nom de plume Maria Brett-Cooper.

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9. The only McDonald's franchise in Vietnam is run by the Harvard-educated son-in-law of the country's Communist prime minister.

Find out more (The Economist)

10. The Land's End sign gets taken down every night.