<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3788d5cd-6369-46f8-bae0-cf211e2e92e9/09DCED8C-32AB-4579-868C-EDEDE35C06FE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><H1>10 things we didn't know last week</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><STRONG>Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>1. <STRONG> Wild orangutans use</STRONG> leaves to make their voices deeper and to scare predators. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8184015.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>2. <STRONG>University degrees in </STRONG>comedy exist. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8186363.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>3. <STRONG>European bison live </STRONG>in just one forest, on the Belarus-Poland border. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8182000/8182104.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>4. <STRONG>Men At Work's</STRONG> Down Under was inspired by Dame Edna's nephew. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8178913.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>5. <STRONG>Aesop's fable about</STRONG> a crow using stones to drink out of a pitcher is based on fact. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8181233.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>6. <STRONG>17 million people</STRONG> in Britain aged over 15 do not use the internet. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8187305.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/08/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_100.shtml"><P>7. <STRONG>Millions of people</STRONG> in Germany and Scandinavia watch an obscure British comedy sketch every New Year's Eve. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8172542.stm">More details</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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