Clipboard files appearing on desktop?

I've noticed recently that the odd thing I copy to the clipboard (is that the right name for things you cmd + C?) have been appearing on my desktop.
I don't know what keyboard combination i keep pressing to make this happen but it's happened 4 times now.
Sometimes it's images, today I found a rtf 'text clipping'.
Im sure im not dragging stuff to the desktop.
What the heck am i doing to make this happen?
I've only noticed it since installing Lion.
Sometimes it's images from links I've copied on safari, they just randomly save to the desktop.
By the way, I'm quite an experienced computer user so I'm not doing something obvious like saving them there.

Anyone?

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