10 things we didn't know before the 23rd week of 2010

1. The number of snakes in the world is falling.
2. Indigenous Bolivians wear bowler hats because of the English.
3. The top sponsors of the World Cup pay on average £75m.
4. Forty-two people die on South African roads every day, on average. 
5. Motor racing is popular in the West Bank.
6. More than one in 10 websites is pornographic.
7. When one police diver is under water, another four remain on dry land.
8. If all the worldwide television coverage of the 2006 World Cup was shown on one channel, it would take more than eight years to watch.
9. Man can beat a horse in a running race, in the right conditions.
10. A seal's whiskers can detect fish movement 100 metres away.

(Borrowed from the BBC)