10 things we didn't know last week
18:28 UK time, Friday, 23 November 2012
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience
1. Prince Philip takes naps in his horse box.
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2 There is 200 times more faecal bacteria on a chopping board than a toilet seat.
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3. Great apes have mid-life crises.
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4. People in the UK become grandparents at 47 on average.
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5. Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was confirmed by a senior US sailor with the coded message "FedEx delivered the package".
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6. The popular belief that angels sang to the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus is not true, according to the Pope.
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7. Some map makers intentionally include phantom streets to prevent copyright infringements.
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8. Americans use 5m km of dental floss a year.
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9. The giant bird Diatryma was a "gentle herbivore" and not a fierce carnivore, as previously thought.
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10. Nude dancing in strip clubs is a form of free speech in the US.
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