AARP Eye Center
11 Things We Didn't Know Last Week
By Steve Mencher, April 30, 2014 03:51 PM
News, discoveries and ... fun.
![Mars Rover from kit](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/a3/6c/5fe9d7bf24b0a38d271ffd07feb7/large-filled-rover5-9643.jpg)
1. You can make your own Mars Rover with NASA's $189 littleBits Space Kit. (Learn more at littleBits)
2. It looks like George Clooney will lose bets with Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer - he's engaged to marry a second time. (Learn more at AARP)
![George Clooney](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/43/f6/78d5f2eeb126666eb225a68c17b1/clooneysmile.jpg)
3. Your dollar bill might carry bacteria linked to stomach ulcers, acne, pneumonia and staph infections. (Learn more at AARP)
![Money: Handling dollar bills iStock_000010885687Small.jpg](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/70/46/f1989f212e1924226c5d1df21da0/istock-000010885687small.jpg)
4. Atari once buried as many as 750,000 'E.T.' game cartridges in a New Mexico landfill. (Learn more at CNN)
![Atari E.T. Game Cartidge](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/42/2a/2e7e1c0e5ebc40ea43f85b1e0959/atari-et-game.jpg)
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5. If you want to stay healthy, it's a good idea to marry an optimist. (Learn more at Futurity)
![Happy Couple](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/1a/35/c3dddb7d28cdb5327712be020789/istock-000004773728small.jpg)
6. When she was young, Meryl Streep thought she was too ugly to be an actress. (Learn more at AARP)
![600-meryl-streep](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/65/61/39cb8537bb8dd0a934441dd680a0/600-meryl-streep.jpg)
7. Boeing has patented a smart, self-driving cart to carry passengers through airport terminals and deliver them to their departure gate. (Learn more at Skift)
![Boeing-Double-US08700250-20140415-D00005](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/00/15/d1f3f670a8998b93ae5875f1037d/boeing-double-us08700250-20140415-d00005.png)
8. Art that Andy Warhol created on a Commodore Amiga home computer resurfaced after 30 years. (Learn more at The Verge)
![Andy Warhol Venus](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/4c/a6/fcc5c5835d80767ac20e42bc6810/3-andy-warhol-venus-1985-awf-0-cinema-1200-0.jpg)
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9. Some people can see or hear the taste of spices. (Learn more at Singularity Hub)
![feel-flavour-poster](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/9a/07/614e794e8ca5a29d3b0071557de8/feel-flavour-poster.jpg)
10. Exercising twice a week could be the key to younger-looking skin. (Learn more at AARP)
![Man working out](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/61/05/88d28a1785877d1731a3e65e2552/istock-000011190681small.jpg)
11. Brazil is breeding suicidal mosquitoes in advance of the World Cup this summer. (Learn more at engadget)
Bonus video:
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Images - Mars rover: littleBits Space Kit/NASA; George Clooney: Csztova/Flickr; Dirty money: RapidEye/iStockphoto; Atari cartridges: taylorhatmaker/Flickr; Happy couple: Douglove/iStockphoto; Meryl Streep: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP; Boeing cart: courtesy of Boeing; Andy Warhol, Venus, 1985, ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.; Sound of Taste poster: courtesy of Novalia/Schwartz spices/Grey London; Man exercising: digitalskillet/iStockphoto
Music - Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra plays Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra - Blue Blazes by Sy Oliver, Creative Commons, courtesy of Smithsonian Remix project.
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