10 things we didn't know last week
17:10 UK time, Friday, 13 March 2009
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Holding your hands up on a rollercoaster stretches the torso, enhancing the physical sensations.
2. We got Vikings wrong - new research at Cambridge University concludes they were more traders than raiders, who worked hard to settle into new societies as good immigrants.
3. Monkeys floss.
4. And ducks can be gay.
5. 'YR' was an abbreviation for "your" in the 17th and 18th Century too.
6. On 11 September 2001, WTC workers took an average of five to eight minutes to leave their desks - finishing e-mails, filing papers, and some went to the toilet.
7. And in 1985's Manchester Airport crash, some passengers stopped to take luggage out of the overhead bins as the plane burned on the runway.
8. A "sonic brand trigger" is ad-land's term for aural branding - such as BA's opera music or Intel's short string of beeps - used instead of jingles.
9. Electronic cigarettes exist. .
10. Biggest first date faux pas? Clicking your fingers at the waiter.
Seen 10 things? . Thanks to Cate Mackenzie for this week's picture of 10 pedalos on Lake Lugano, Switzerland.
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