10 things we didn't know last week
17:45 UK time, Friday, 4 January 2013
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The price of college textbooks in the US has risen faster than healthcare, house prices and inflation.
More details (The Atlantic)
2. Four of the world's five oldest people live in Japan, according to a list of people whose birth date and survival have been confirmed.
More details (Financial Times)
3. There are two firms in the world cloning polo ponies.
More details (The Economist)
4. It would have taken 2.5m seagulls to lift James's giant peach into the air, not the 501 that Roald Dahl suggested.
More details (The Guardian)
5. Supertasters who test baby food have twice as many taste buds as most people.
More details (The Guardian)
6. Last year missed being the wettest on record by 6.6mm.
More details (Metro)
7. The average individual in the US uses more than 20,000 sheets of toilet paper a year.
More details (New Scientist)
8. The residents of Surrey account for one fifth of all library borrowing of EL James's Fifty Shades of Grey.
More details (The Telegraph)
9. Hot drinks taste differently according to the cup colour.
More details (Discovery News)
10. A gorilla can tightrope walk.
More details (The Telegraph)
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