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7 things

7 things I did not know last week

A week on a calendar
  1. Marc de Champagne is brandy made with discarded seeds and skins from Champagne grapes.
  2. Turkey grows 70% to 75% of the world's hazelnuts.
  3. Kennington Park was the site of public executions until the 1800s, and the speakers’ corner of south London.
  4. Parkour derives from parcours du combattant, the classic obstacle course method of military training. Via Joe.My.God.
  5. Melrose Place is being rebooted. With Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. Heather Locklear will not join the cast as 'there wasn't a way to bring Amanda back that made sense'. Yeah, as if that ever stopped scriptwriters before.
  6. There is such a thing as a professional nagger. I may have to apply.
  7. Japanese manholes are works of art.
Posted by Luca in 7 things on Monday 15 June 2009. Comments Off

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