10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.

1. The oldest Mormon congregation in the world is in Preston, Lancashire.
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2. Naturism is known as Free Body Culture or Freikörperkultur in Germany and was particularly popular in the days of the old East Germany.
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3. There are frogs that use semaphore.
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4. St Kilda has no rats.
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5. Normal mice cannot catch colds.
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6. The three Scottish banks that issue currency lodge funds with the Bank of England three days a week (and are free to move it elsewhere for the other four).
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7. Children in Manchester are twice as likely to have tooth decay as children in Birmingham, who have flouride in their water.
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8. A list of guide prices for items commonly claimed by MPs on expenses is known as the "John Lewis list".
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9. Every year, the world's deserts produce 1,700 million tonnes of dust.
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10. Rat is a common foodstuff in the far north of Thailand.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Chris May for this week's picture of 10 jars of marmalade.

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