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|| Taken from BBC News 24 ||
1. "Dumb blonde" jokes can be self-fulfilling, according to a German study which found that people performed less well in tests when they thought less was expected of them.
2. Che Guevara became governor of Cuba's national bank after he mistakenly put up his hand up at a post-revolution meeting, to the question: "Is there an economist in the room?" He had misheard the question as: "Is there a communist in the room?"
3. Prince William can run a mile in six minutes, 10 seconds. He clocked the time as one of 70,000 competitors taking part in Sport Relief's charity dash.
4. There have always been more women than men. But the gap is widening, especially in cities among young people, a study has found. In London alone, women in their 20s outnumber men by 52,000.
5. It takes just two hours to end the lives of 200,000 cockroaches. Chinese health officials discovered that when they went to the home of a Beijing pensioner who had been breeding them as pets after his wife died.
6. Raindrops can be measured. US scientists have recorded drops, called "monsters", measuring 1cm.
7. Key intelligence used to justify war with Iraq has now been shown to be unreliable, the Butler Report says. The 196 page report says MI6 did not check its sources well enough, and sometimes relied on third hand reports. It also says the 2002 dossier should not have included the claim Iraq could use weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes without further explanation. Tony Blair told MPs he "accepted" the findings and that Iraq may not have had WMD stockpiles when the war started.
8. The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's West Bank barrier is illegal and construction of it should be stopped immediately. The ruling said the barrier's construction was "tantamount to annexation" and impeded the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Rich::
1. "Dumb blonde" jokes can be self-fulfilling, according to a German study which found that people performed less well in tests when they thought less was expected of them.
2. Che Guevara became governor of Cuba's national bank after he mistakenly put up his hand up at a post-revolution meeting, to the question: "Is there an economist in the room?" He had misheard the question as: "Is there a communist in the room?"
3. Prince William can run a mile in six minutes, 10 seconds. He clocked the time as one of 70,000 competitors taking part in Sport Relief's charity dash.
4. There have always been more women than men. But the gap is widening, especially in cities among young people, a study has found. In London alone, women in their 20s outnumber men by 52,000.
5. It takes just two hours to end the lives of 200,000 cockroaches. Chinese health officials discovered that when they went to the home of a Beijing pensioner who had been breeding them as pets after his wife died.
6. Raindrops can be measured. US scientists have recorded drops, called "monsters", measuring 1cm.
7. Key intelligence used to justify war with Iraq has now been shown to be unreliable, the Butler Report says. The 196 page report says MI6 did not check its sources well enough, and sometimes relied on third hand reports. It also says the 2002 dossier should not have included the claim Iraq could use weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes without further explanation. Tony Blair told MPs he "accepted" the findings and that Iraq may not have had WMD stockpiles when the war started.
8. The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's West Bank barrier is illegal and construction of it should be stopped immediately. The ruling said the barrier's construction was "tantamount to annexation" and impeded the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Rich::
