10 things we didn't know last week
17:00 UK time, Friday, 11 June 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The number of snakes in the world is falling.
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2. Indigenous Bolivians wear bowler hats because of the English.
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3. The top sponsors of the World Cup pay on average £75m.
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4. Forty-two people die on South African roads every day, on average.
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5. Motor racing is popular in the West Bank.
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6. More than one in 10 websites is pornographic.
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7. When one police diver is under water, another four remain on dry land.
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8. If all the worldwide television coverage of the 2006 World Cup was shown on one channel, it would take more than eight years to watch.
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9. Man can beat a horse in a running race, in the right conditions.
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10. A seal's whiskers can detect fish movement 100 metres away.
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