10 Things....
Snippets harvested from the week's news by the BBCi.
1. Pirates holding a ship's crew hostage can expect a $200,000 ransom.
2. Speed-eating contests date from 1916 among US immigrants downing hot-dogs to prove their patriotism.
3. Mammoths, previously thought to be dark-haired, were also blond and possibly ginger, suggest researchers analysing 43,000-year-old bones.
4. In the 1970s a typical home would only have had 17 objects requiring power such as electricity.
5. Poor people are 10 times more likely to die younger than rich people, says the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
6. Half of lightning deaths occur after the thunderstorm has passed.
7. A space shuttle suit includes special underwear.
8. The CND symbol incorporates the semaphore letters for N and D for nuclear and disarmament.
9. The grunts made by tennis player Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon were louder than a pneumatic drill.
10. Albino horses have to use sun lotion to prevent their skin blistering in hot weather.
More detail here
1. Pirates holding a ship's crew hostage can expect a $200,000 ransom.
2. Speed-eating contests date from 1916 among US immigrants downing hot-dogs to prove their patriotism.
3. Mammoths, previously thought to be dark-haired, were also blond and possibly ginger, suggest researchers analysing 43,000-year-old bones.
4. In the 1970s a typical home would only have had 17 objects requiring power such as electricity.
5. Poor people are 10 times more likely to die younger than rich people, says the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
6. Half of lightning deaths occur after the thunderstorm has passed.
7. A space shuttle suit includes special underwear.
8. The CND symbol incorporates the semaphore letters for N and D for nuclear and disarmament.
9. The grunts made by tennis player Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon were louder than a pneumatic drill.
10. Albino horses have to use sun lotion to prevent their skin blistering in hot weather.
More detail here
posted by theGoose at 12:41:00 PM
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