10 things we didn't know last week

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience.
1. Francis Rossi used to be an ice cream van man.


2. Cheshire and Wensleydale cheeses are in 1086's Domesday Book.


3. The lyrics of London Calling distill the gloomiest headlines of the 1970s.


4. Prime numbers help cicadas avoid predators.


5. Uganda's national anthem is the world's shortest.


6. Northern people have bigger eyes.


7. Apple has more money than the US government.


8. Time travel looks unlikely.


9. Human brains shrink with age but chimps don't.


10. There are some Freuds who are not famous.


Seen 10 things? . Thanks to James Crowe for this photo of 10 seagulls on the roof Moot Hall, Aldeburgh.

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