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11 Things We Didn't Know Last Week
By Steve Mencher, October 22, 2014 05:16 PM
News, discoveries and ... fun
![Early fish having sex](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/9c/21/e46e240a0f4e74735de184d5ec2c/early-fish-sex.jpg)
2. Zombie-proof cabins come with a 10-year guarantee. (Learn more at C|Net)
![Zombie-cabin](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/1f/67/499009a03f2cffb4e386e73669e4/zombie-cabin.jpg)
3. Even people from Pittsburgh agree their accent may be the "worst" in the nation. (Learn more at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
![steelers](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/a0/e9/2c8bd274bc1a200582e389400772/steelers.jpg)
4. Soda might age you as much as smoking. (Learn more at Time)
5. A 3-D printer prints anatomically correct dog noses. (Learn more at Nextgov)
![3-D printed dog nose](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/7f/9c/2eb269ce1fd3476012fa86c0f10f/3-d-dog-nose.jpg)
6. A variation in genes lowers the breast cancer risk for Latina and Native American women. (Learn more at SFGate)
![latina-mother-daughter-iStock_000014696761Small](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/57/c2/ecb41473d1a0282d691d77cb83fe/latina-mother-daughter-istock-000014696761small.jpg)
7. Thailand forces government workers, teachers and many others to retire at age 60. (Learn more at AARP)
![Thai policeman](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/9c/aa/c6022e5e5f14a60ada18591427e8/thai-policeman.jpg)
8. Grandchildren can ease hot flashes and night sweats. (Learn more at AARP)
![African American woman hugs grandson](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/ec/6f/c288f785e8705073fc02cf0f9ac3/istock-000029412672small.jpg)
9. Roaming polar bears disrupted Halloween trick-or-treat plans in one Canadian community. (Learn more at Mashable)
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10 . Using plastic molds, you can grow pumpkins with faces. (Learn more at Huffington Post)
![Cinagro Farms Pumpkin Pumpkinstein](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/7e/9b/d42fe6b09c759700f8187a7da59c/cinagro-farms-facebook-pumpkin.png)
11. Some people bathe in a red wine bath to ease aches and pains. (Learn more at Today)
![red-wine-bath-stoudemire](https://aarp-content.brightspotcdn.com/59/1f/77c93f5858360297b7173d76b819/red-wine-bath-stoudemire.png)
Bonus video: John Oliver and his team at Last Week Tonight had an idea: because the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't allow television cameras, perhaps dogs could reenact the arguments. Hat tip - Mashable
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Images — Fish: Museum Victoria, Australia; Zombie cabin: Courtesy of TigerLogCabins.com; Steelers fans: Flickr/Jocelyn Saurini; Printed dog nose courtesy of National Institute of Standards and Technology; Two women: iStock/jbryson; Thai cop: Flickr/Lars Elmo; Woman and grandchild: iStock/fstop123; Pumpkin: Cinagro Farms/Facebook; Man in wine bath: Amar'e Stoudemire Instagram.
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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