10 things we didn't know last week
16:44 UK time, Friday, 12 September 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Baseball was played in Surrey in 1755.
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2. There are algae that can bend light.
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3. Women are more prone to nightmares.
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4. The British Antarctic Survey needs a full-time plumber.
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5. While everything else is getting more expensive, broccoli is getting cheaper.
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6. Radio adverts can be banned for being too quick.
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7. Zoroastrians were the first religious adherents to incorporate the end of the world into their beliefs.
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8. Portraits of famous people often look like the painter instead.
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9. When the police fire a baton round, they aim for the belt buckle.
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10. Goats are a cost effective way of clearing waste ground.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Margaret Emerson, of Coventry, for her picture of 10 dormer windows.
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