10 things we may not have known before last week....


1. The only DVD rejected by the British Board of Film Classification last year was a boxset of Weeds (broadcast in the UK on Sky One), for promoting drug use - despite more than 1,000 pornographic films being passed.
2. A bespoke garment does not necessarily need to be handmade.
3. There are 14 towns called Springfield in the US.4. The England rugby team always includes a lawyer in the tour party.
5. John Lewis sold a Wii Fit game every five minutes in May.
6. Schools influence the smoking habits of young people.
7. Eating a big breakfast helps weight loss.
8. Bill Gates has not one, not two, but three computer screens at his office desk.
9. The British eat potatoes about 10 billion times a year and pasta 1.4 billion times.
10. Infants that use dummies are more likely to get ear infections.