10 things we didn't know last week
15:23 UK time, Friday, 12 February 2010
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The Frisbee was originally called the Pluto Platter.
2. Fast-moving elephants run with their front legs but walk with their back legs
3. Parents in Japan swear by KitKats when their children are taking exams.
4. High-end cars have radar-based cruise control.
5. At the 1964 Innsbruck Games the Austrian army transported 20,000 blocks of ice for the bobsled and luge.
6. The United Arab Emirates recently held the largest camel beauty contest ever.
7. "Karaoke rage" has claimed more than a dozen lives in the Philippines... usually for Frank Sinatra's My Way.
8. Birds may use their feathers for touch, like cats use their whiskers.
9. Nearly 400,000 people still watch every episode of Friends on Channel 4 and E4.
10. In Japan, a bow's humility is determined by its deepness and duration.
Seen 10 things? to use next week. Thanks to Vic Barton-Walderstadt for the photo of 10 snowy trees in Welwyn Garden City.
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