10 things we didn't know last week

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

1. JK Rowling makes £5 every second.
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2. There are two £1m banknotes still in existence. Nine were made after World War II.
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3. Television presenter and artist Tony Hart served in the Gurkhas.
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4. Paul Newman was prevented from flying on an ill-fated World War II mission by his pilot's ear infection. Everyone on his detail was killed.
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5. Egham receives more spam than any other place in the UK.
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6. The chief designer at Waterford Crystal was not Irish, but Czech.
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7. Human HIV infections could have started as early as the 19th Century.
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8. The 1950s was not a golden age for train travel.
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9. Bradford and Bingley has registered the raising of the bowler hat as a trademark.
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10. The man who designed the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, Eero Saarinen, also designed the Sixties classic, the Tulip chair.
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Seen 10 things? Send us a picture to use next week. Thanks to Rachael Walker for this week's picture of 10 sweetcorn cobs, all from the same plant.

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