10 things we didn't know last week
17:17 UK time, Friday, 27 June 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. The Royal Family costs the equivalent of 66p per person in the UK.
2. Benito Mussolini was knighted in 1923 but it was withdrawn in 1940.
3. About 35% of the 13.1 billion plastic bottles used by UK households annually are recycled, up from 3% in 2001.
4. A Volvo can accommodate 13 people.
5. Blue Peter presenters Valerie Singleton and Peter Purves had a fling.
6. Dogs can lawfully mess on roads with a speed limit of 40mph or above.
7. There are 13 podiatrists at the Glastonbury Festival.
8. On average, 1.5m 24-hour ration packs are eaten every year by British forces serving around the globe.
9. Kanye West ices his knees after every performance.
10. The number of people killed on the roads is at its lowest since records began in 1926.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Shruti Thaker from London for this week's picture of 10 paper dispensers in Manhattan, New York.
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