10 things we didn't know before the 9th week of 2008
- 3% of plastic bags used in the UK are from Tesco.
- Someone is deported every eight minutes, according to the Home Office.
- In 1752, the day after 2 September was 14 September (which was when we switched to the Gregorian calender - ed).
- Ugandan tribes recognise and deal with depression.
- 70% of mental health inpatients are smokers.
- For the first time in US history, more than one in every 100 American adults is behind bars.
- There are 200-300 earthquakes in the UK every year.
- Teenagers are having fewer babies.
- Web browser Netscape Navigator once commanded 90% of internet traffic. Now it is 0.6%.
- It is possible to donate half a liver.
(Source: BBC)









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