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1. The common UK stamps (queeny profile, single colour) are called 'machins'. They were designed by Arnold Machin and first introduced on 5 June 1967.
2. The soundtrack to the TV series Heroes was composed by mid-eighties Prince proteges Wendy and Lisa.
3. Windows Media Player automatically disables plugins every time it crashes. So all of last week I really did listen to music on the computer, contrary to what bitful on last.fm says.
4. One of the songs on the Pet Shop Boys album Fundamental is called Indefinite Leave to Remain. I only noticed now that I am going to apply for it.
5. Interlingua is an International Auxiliary Language, but it is naturalistic (most features are extracted from widely spread Western Indo-European languages) unlike Esperanto which is systematic (highly schematicised).
6. Dominique Fidanza (formerly of Italian popstars-created group Lollipop) was runner-up on Star Académy 6 in France. It's as if Kym Marsh went on American Idol.
7. Streetcar is incredibly easy to use. You sign up, and receive a smart card. When you need a car, you check and reserve online, even minutes before you need it, then go and pick it up (there are a few locations a few minutes' walk from us). You unlock the car with your smart card, use it, get some fuel in paying with a card that bills Streetcar directly, then park it back where you found it and lock it with you card. We used it on Wednesday night and found it so hassle-free that we will definitely use it again soon. Worth it for short day trips, where it beats a traditional car-rental daily tariff, without the pain of having to pick up and return the car across town.

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