Writing - 10 things we didn't know last week

Shy celebrities and well-travelled scallops.

1. In 2009 the US Agency for International Development tried to recruit an underground rapper to overthrow the Cuban regime.
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2. Tom Hanks checks into hotels using the name of Scottish music hall singer Harry Lauder as an alias.


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3. Scallops caught in Brittany are shipped to China for cleaning before being transported back to France to be sold in ready meals.


How daft is that?
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4. Over 88% of individual winners at the Darwin Awards are men.


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5. Antarctic sea urchins aren't too bothered by climate change.


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6. The pope believes that animals go to heaven.


I thought that animals had no immortal souls!
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7. At one point in the 1980s Raleigh accounted for 75% of the UK bike market.


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8. Halle Berry and Adele both say they have given online dating a go.


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9. Few Germans have heard of the Christmas truce of World War One.


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10. Jose Mourinho enjoys cage swimming with sharks.


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Here is the news:-
Smashwords
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Amazon
The book is available for Kindle or the Kindle App for smartphones and tablets. For those who are unaware of the facilities available on those modern devices the app is free to download and only takes seconds. Then all you need is an Amazon account which really just means that you have previously bought something through Amazon. the current price for the book on this medium is £2.64 or around $3.50. Follow the link below
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Completely Novel
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God Bless