10 things we didn't know last week
15:26 UK time, Friday, 27 February 2009
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Nicolas Sarkozy collects stamps.
2. Doodling aids memory.
3. Peanut allergies have trebled in the past decade.
4. Wendy Richard was in Up Pompeii.
5. The biggest underground machine in the world mines salt in Cheshire.
6. There are two types of intelligence.
7. About 1,000 people in the UK lose their voice box annually.
8. Hitler spared Blackpool because he wanted to use it as his personal playground.
9. Fleeces were part of the acid-house scene in the 1980s.
10. Rio has a Sambadrome.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Stefan Kucharczyk for this week's picture of the sun reflecting on the water in Wolverhampton.
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