Ten things which raised an eyebrow 27-09-13
EP brings you a brief round-up of some of the news items which were perhaps as surprising as they were enlightening
- Not only do whales have ear wax, but it’s also useful
- A crowdfunding project has raised $67,436 in just 6 days to erect a 10ft bronze statue of RoboCop in Detroit
- A UN Food & Agriculture Organisation report shows that ⅓ of food produced annually for human consumption is wasted
- Reader’s Digest carried out a project whereby “lost” wallets were left on streets as bait to see how many passers-by would hand them in. A list of the World’s most honest cities begins with Helsinki, Finland…
- More than 5,000 students at a Chinese University have been required to sign a waiver absolving the school of any blame should they commit suicide during the course of their studies
- After an earthquake shook the city of Gwadar, Pakistan a new island emerged out of the sea about 100m from the coast
- Scientists have, accidentally, created a Star Wars-esque light sabre
- The controversial Cordillera jail in Chile has been closed after public outcry that inmates (mostly convicted military officials imprisoned for crimes against humanity during the Pinochet dictatorship) were afforded access to such luxuries as tennis courts, barbecues, large cabins rather than cells and a swimming pool
- Just a month after receiving a gift of £10m from a South African billionaire, The London Business School has received £25m from an Israeli billionaire to refurbish the school’s new campus buildings in Old Marylebone Town Hall
- PayPal is branching out into the small-business loans market with a service allowing borrowers to pay out of their account sales revenue