10 things we didn't know last week
14:43 UK time, Friday, 16 November 2012
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. There used to be first-class carriages on London's Tube and the Paris Metro.
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2. Virgin birth is possible for wild snakes.
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3. People are more likely to spend banknotes when they are grubby.
4. Grasshoppers change their tune when living beside heavy traffic.
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5. You need a license to sell seaweed in England.
6. Ovaltine was initially called Ovomaltine until a typo.
7. Men with a partner increase the space between themselves and an attractive woman if exposed to the bonding hormone oxytocin.
8. David Cameron prefers using pencils to pens at his desk.
9. South American crickets hear like humans do.
10. In Amhult where Ikea was founded, the company's hotel has a choice of reading material: the New Testament or the Ikea catalogue.
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