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11 Things We Didn't Know Last Week
By Steve Mencher, May 14, 2014 05:10 PM
News, discoveries and ... fun
![Jackie Kennedy, 1962, India](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/15/9f/2c87ac9f5703c4293f52a0e3933b/2659496938-06359cbd49-o.jpg)
1. Jackie Kennedy confided personal thoughts in a 14-year correspondence with an Irish priest. (Learn more at Irish Times)
2. A mother's worth increased $3,123 last year. (Learn more at AARP)
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3. There's a square hole in the sun. (Learn more at Space.com)
![Sun's Coronal Hole](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/18/05/f544d8e040866f69986ac550e2e5/coronal-hole-nasa.jpg)
4. Age discrimination can kill you. (Learn more at AARP)
5. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is collapsing, making a rise in global sea level inevitable. (Learn more at National Geographic)
![Thwaites Ice Sheet](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/b3/4c/edaa2071f95bb3c941556819f6c6/thwaites-nasa-638x357.jpg)
6. Most Russians are sorry that there's no longer a Soviet Union. (Learn more at Quartz)
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7. Monica Lewinsky has had a hard time landing a job since the White House scandal and Clinton impeachment in 1998. (Learn more at AARP)
8. A wreck found 11 years ago may be the Santa Maria, the largest of three ships that brought Columbus to the New World. (Learn more at N.Y. Daily News)
![800px-Columbus'-flagship-Santa-Maria](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/8c/59/b3df86fb673b8048279ddd89abc5/800px-columbus-flagship-santa-maria.jpg)
9. Each year, the identities of about 2.5 million deceased Americans are stolen to open fraudulent accounts. (Learn more at AARP)
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10. Short men live longer. (Learn more at the Independent)
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11. Having a couple of beers a week can reduce a woman's risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis. (Learn more at AARP)
![woman-and-two-beers](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/66/b3/67e36bcf306644213e5aea2e9293/woman-and-two-beers.jpg)
Bonus video: If you've been wondering about Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst, wonder no longer...
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Images - Jackie Kennedy: India, 1962 photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, JFK Presidential Library and Museum via Flickr/Sacheverelle; Mother and daughter cooking: Subman/iStockphoto; Hole in the sun: NASA; Collapsing ice sheet: NASA; Stereoscopic card of Columbus' ship Santa Maria from 1893, via Wikimedia and N.Y. Public Library; Masked hacker: Selimaksan/iStockphoto; Women with two beers (cropped): Nick Klein/Flickr
Music - Eurovision/and Alex Beroza: Spinning via ccMixter
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