10 things we didn’t know this time last week
(article spotted by Lola)

1. Five times as much money is taken from motorists in taxes in the UK as is spent on transport. In the US the figures are equal.

2. Until Wednesday, any Chinese couple wanting to get married needed to get the consent of their employer.

4. Charles Dickens invented the word boredom.

10. Everything in Britain is worth 5 trillion pounds. That includes buildings, factories, bridges, cars, roads, houses, computers, and water features. Also tins of beans stacked in shops. Basically everything in the country. If it was all piled up and flogged, then the proceeds divvied up between everyone in the country, it would mean a payout of £84,200 each.