Saturday, January 31, 2009

10 THINGS!

10 things we didn't know this time last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. The record score in rugby union is 350-0, made when one team was protesting against suspensions.
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2. Naked rambling is legal in Switzerland.
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3. Members of the House of Lords cannot be expelled or suspended.
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4. There is an Apostrophe Protection Society.
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5. Cows who are given names produce more milk.
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6. Poland pays 94% of the funding for the Auschwitz Museum.
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7. Thinking too much makes your golf worse.
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8. The brain chemical serotonin causes locusts to swarm.
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9. Cricket at altitude is potentially dangerous.
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10. Putting nuclear reactors near areas prone to earthquakes was banned in the UK. Now it's not.
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BBC NEWS MAGAZINE.

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