10 things we didn't know last week
15:24 UK time, Friday, 20 November 2009
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Three of the world's supercomputers are in the US.
More details
2. Humans are more likely to be killed by a hippo than a lion.
More details (Times)
3. Teeth grinding is known as bruxism.
More details
4. Spin doctors were used in the Iron Age.
More details
5. School phobia is a condition recognised by doctors since the 1960s.
More details
6. Whisky should be stored upright, unlike wine.
More details
7. "Wrap rage" is a term coined to describe the anger felt by people trying to get into bonded plastic "clamshell" packaging.
More details
8. Male and female candidates to be officers in the British Army have to do different amounts of press-ups, but the same number of sit-ups in a physical test.
More details
9. For three decades, the BBC took a very dim view of Enid Blyton's work.
More details
10. Swindon has the UK's highest broadband use.
More details (Times)
Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Sarah O'Donoghue for this week's picture of 10 weights.
The 
