10 things we didn't know before the 7th week of 2009

1. King Henry VIII was a soppy romantic.
2. Toddlers from well-off families use more hand gestures.
3. Neanderthals had the speech gene, FOXP2.
4. You can safely eat more than three eggs a week.
5. Nobody really knows when Titian was born.
6. Some of the smells that emanate from chip shops are comparable to butterscotch, onion and ironing boards.
7. Delhi's sewers are cleaned by workers wearing only shorts and rubber gloves.
8. Vladimir Putin prefers the Beatles to Abba.
9. About 6,000 satellites have been put into orbit so far.
10. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

(Borrowed from the BBC)