10 things we didn't know last week
13:40 UK time, Friday, 29 March 2013
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. "Rose-water novel" is the French term for Mills and Boon-style books.
2. Teenagers who stay up late tend to be more intelligent than their early-to-bed peers.
3. Songs stuck in your head can be shifted by solving an anagram.
4. South Africa was included in the BRICS as it made for a better acronym than Nigeria.
5. You can pay for a front row seat in the US Supreme Court.
6. Open plan offices stem from the idea of "Burolandschaft", meaning office landscaping.
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7. Female Amazonian turtles are the only turtles to care for their young.
8. Almost half the French - 43% - drink mineral water with meals.
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9. The last Etonian to have a Number One hit in the UK was Humphrey Lyttleton.
10. At a Swedish dinner party you should never fold your napkin and put it on the table before the hostess has done so.
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