10 things we didn't know last week

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


1. Baseball bats make good violins.

More details (Radio 4's Americana, on iPlayer)

2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic. More details

3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.

4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.

5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.

6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.

7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.

8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.

9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.

10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.