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.
2. Humans are more likely to be killed by a hippo than a lion.
3. Teeth grinding is known as bruxism.
4. Spin doctors were used in the Iron Age.
5. School phobia is a condition recognised by doctors since the 1960s.
6. Whisky should be stored upright, unlike wine.
7. "Wrap rage" is a term coined to describe the anger felt by people trying to get into bonded plastic "clamshell" packaging.
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.
9. For three decades, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ took a very dim view of Enid Blyton's work.
10. Swindon has the UK's highest broadband use.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Sarah O'Donoghue for this week's picture of 10 weights.
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