10 things we didn't know last week
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The only DVD rejected by the British Board of Film Classification last year was a boxset of Weeds (broadcast in the UK on Sky One), for promoting drug use - despite more than 1,000 pornographic films being passed.
2. A bespoke garment does not necessarily need to be handmade.
3. There are 14 towns called Springfield in the US.
4. The England rugby team always includes a lawyer in the tour party.
5. John Lewis sold a Wii Fit game every five minutes in May.
6. Schools influence the smoking habits of young people.
7. Eating a big breakfast helps weight loss.
8. Bill Gates has not one, not two, but three computer screens at his office desk.
9. The British eat potatoes about 10 billion times a year and pasta 1.4 billion times.
10. Infants that use dummies are more likely to get ear infections.
Sources: 4: Radio 5Live, 5: Guardian, Friday, 8: ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳1, 10 - Guardian, Friday
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