10 things we didn't know before the 21st week of 2008

1. "Nice" originally meant foolish or silly.
2. More rural homes have broadband than urban dwellings.
3. 27% of people have opened a bottle with their teeth.
4. Britain has the fifth largest Jewish population in the world.
5. Brain chemical oxytocin makes us trust strangers with money.
6. Women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries if their car is hit from behind.
7. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is deaf in one ear.
8. Skunks can be de-scented to make better pets.
9. You can lessen jet lag by not eating.
10. The "$100 laptop" now costs $75.

(Borrowed from the BBC)