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7 things I did not know last week

1. There are two Madonna songs entitled ‘Forbidden Love’ - one in Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005), another in Bedtime Stories (1994). Found in my own iTunes library.
   
2. Popping corn is not dried sweetcorn, but a particular variety (Zea mays var. everta) that pops when heated (not all do).
3. Actor Ralph Fiennes’ first name is pronounced ‘rafe’. Heard on a Film24 promo voiced by my mate Mike.
4. The word Vigorish (‘The Vig’ - the amount charged by a bookmaker) is Yiddish slang originating from the Russian word for winnings, vyigrysh.
5. More than half the babies born now in wealthy countries will live past 100.
6. The Muppets’ Mah Na Mah Na was originally composed by Piero Umiliani for the Italian movie ‘Svezia, inferno e paradiso’. Posted on an old schoolmate’s Facebook wall.
   
7. Firefox can be easily tweaked to earch Google from the Address Bar à la Chrome.
   

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