10 things we didn't know last week
17:20 UK time, Friday, 11 April 2008
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Ian Fleming never met the woman upon whom he based Miss Moneypenny.
2. Each year 40,000 people pay homage at the California garage where the founders of Hewlett Packard started out.
3. White people make up 90% of the UK's population.
4. Most popular musical instrument in schools? The violin.
5. Morgan Tsvangirai's surname is pronounced chang-girr-IGH.
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6. Much of the time it takes to fully train as an RAF pilot is taken up with solo flights.
7. Fabio Capello rings his mother every day.
8. Rice was once considered so important in Japan that it was worshipped as a god.
9. 4.4m apples are thrown away daily in the UK.
10. Belugas are the only white whales.
Sources, where story not linked - 7: Times, 8 April. 9: Sun, 8 April.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Julie Robinson, of Leicester, of 10 mannequins in Camden market.
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