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10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. The salary with optimum happiness is £50,000. More details (Guardian) 2. Hull lost 85% of its buildings during the Blitz. More details 3. Geoff Capes was a champion budgerigar breeder. More details 4. Spiders eat birds. . More details (Telegraph 5. A hand dryer can increase germs. More details (Telegraph) 6. Clint Eastwood turned down playing James Bond and Superman. More details (Daily Mail) 7. The trapped miners in Chile are recycling. More details (Guardian) 8. People who rise from their chair quickly are more likely to live longer. More details (Guardian) 9. Diners pay more for desserts when they on a trolley. More details (Telegraph) 10. Happy people give more to charity. More details (Guardian) Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Vic Barton Walderstadt for this week's picture of 10 horse chestnut pods.
Thu, Sep 09 2010

10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. Apples originated in Kazakhstan. More details 2. Ray Winstone turned down the part of McNulty in The Wire. More details (Guardian) 3. It is illegal to dry clothes in various parks in Whitstable, Kent. More details 4. The UK's newest submarine will last 25 years without needing to be refuelled. More details 5. The Queen washes up. More details (Daily Telegraph) 6. Tony Blair was nervous meeting Des O'Connor. More details (Times - subscription site) 7. Usain Bolt was called VJ as a child, because his mother thought he needed a nickname. It doesn't stand for anything. More details (Guardian) 8. Guinness can be deep-fried. More details (The Sun) 9. The biggest crisp factory in the world is in Leicester. More details (Guardian) 10. Britons drink less alcohol than the European average. More details Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Vic Barton-Walderstadt for this week's picture of 10 acorns.
Fri, Sep 03 2010

10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience. 1. The Tube carries more passengers than the whole of the national rail network. More details (Times - subscription site) 2. The optimum time to book a flight is eight weeks before departure. More details (Guardian) 3. The Stig was originally going to be called The Gimp. More details (Daily Telegraph) 4. Milk used to be watered down, then coloured yellow with toxic lead chromate to make it look creamy. More details 5. It's possible to watch 28,000 films in a lifetime. More details 6. Sumo wrestlers can't use iPhones because their fingers are too fat. More details 7. The socks-with-sandals look came from the Romans. More details (Daily Telegraph) 8. Tornados can burn. More details 9. Putting a cat in a bin is not illegal. More details (Independent) 10. Traffic jams can last nine days. More details Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Vic Barton-Walderstadt for this week's picture of 10 road markings, and thanks to Ralph in Cumbria for sending us thing number 9.
Fri, Aug 27 2010