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There’s a better-than-random chance that babies born in the United States last year, 2010, were named "Bella" or "Edward. " Those were among the 10 most popular girls’ and boys’ names, respectively, and it was more than a coincidence that they are also leading characters in the wildly popular "Twilight" series of young adult novels and films about vampires. Certain ones which were popular in the 1980s, become the rage, then fall from fashion.

Odd things are happening to Brits. . . we seem to be developing green fingers! The number of people growing their own fruit and vegetables has almost doubled in the past year, according to Gardeners’ World magazine. But not everyone has space for a vegetable patch or a flowerbed. That’s why some people plant flowers or vegetables in public places to make them greener and more pleasing to the eye. Many people would approve of prettifying towns and cities, but guerrilla gardening is not strictly legal. Therefore, this type of gardening often takes place in the dead of night.