Fact Attack
The BBC’s list of “100 things we didn’t know last year” is up. (Which particular “we” they’re referring to is left as an exercise for the reader.)
3. While it’s an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it’s not an offence to throw it over someone’s garden wall.
16. The London borough of Westminster has an average of 20 pieces of chewing gum for every square metre of pavement.
31. Train passengers in the UK waited a total of 11.5m minutes in 2004 for delayed services.
52. You’re 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
78. One in 18 people has a third nipple.
91. Croydon has more CCTV cameras than New York.