1. Scientists managed to extract the powerful antibiotic platensimycin from South African dirt, which is capable of stopping the hospital superbug MRSA dead on its track. At last !  source
2. Tom Hanks has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records to be the highest grossing actor, with seven consecutive films grossing more than $100 million at the Box Office, and but for a flop (in relative terms) in 1996, he would have had 11 consecutive runs topping $100 million. source
   
3. Sir Paul McCartney is worth £825 million. The more surprising thing is even with this wealth he is only ranked second in the music business, as Clive Calder (who ?!) has even more money at £1.3 billion.  source
4. The Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger airplane, and Europe's answer to Boeing, landed at Heathrow this week after making its debut at the Berlin airshow. The plane is capable of carrying 850 passengers at a time, potentially making it cheaper for air travel. Not sure about the wait for the suitcases at Baggage Reclaim though.  source
5. Our ancestors cross bred with the chimpanzees after the genetic lines have divided.  source
6. Suri, the name Tom Cruise gave to his first daughter with Katie Holme, means 'princess' in Hebrew, 'red rose' in Persian, but 'pickpocket' in Japanese. Well, you can't win them all.  source
7. Israel is the only country in the history of the contest not to participate the year after winning Eurovision, and it is not in Europe either.  source
8. Dan Brown's first three novels sold less than 10,000 copies. The fourth, The Da Vinci Code, sold 40 million copies, and now people buy his novels in boxsets. Judge his earlier works for yourselves. source
   
9. The Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan is the lowest inland point on earth, and it is sinking fast too.  source
10. Julian Lloyd Webber was the first busker on the London Underground. Times must have been hard ! source
    

^back
Next article: 10 things that do not make sense to me in this world ! ^view
Next article: This world we live in, is it worth fighting for ? ^view
Next article: 10 Search Engine Optimisation tips ^view