10 things we didn't know last week News snippets

Sliced and diced for your convenience Published duration 4 October 2013

1. The Soviet Union published a children's book of Stalin's five-year plan.

2. People pour more white wine into a glass than red.

3. Dolphins' favourite band is Radiohead.

4. Passports issued by the UK, Sweden and Finland offer visa-free travel to more countries than any other passports.

5. Users can band together to change the wording of Facebook buttons in some countries.

6. Ants have a property ladder that they keep tabs on.

7. A man can be sent to prison for being gay in three-quarters of Commonwealth countries.

8. London 2012 athletes had bad teeth.

9. The letters q, w and x were not allowed in Turkish official documents.

10. The Swiss Army prepared for an attack by bankrupt French factions as part of a war gaming scenario.

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