10 things we didn't know last week
15:31 UK time, Friday, 2 December 2011
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Ravens are the only species other than apes who can "point" and share objects like humans.
2. You are not allowed to take conkers from Royal parks.
3. More than one in every 10 banknotes in circulation in Britain is contaminated with cocaine.
4. The world's only sex school is in Austria.
5. The FTSE, the London stock market measure of leading share prices, was the most popular Yahoo search this year, ahead of the likes of Justin Bieber and Katie Price.
6. Turtles communicate with each other before hatching.
7. Having a shed can lower your blood pressure.
8. The 12 days of Christmas now cost: $101,119, the most expensive item being seven swans a swimming, which would cost $6,300.
9. Wasps recognise each other's faces.
10. Swearing really can relieve pain.
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