Twenty Things: Did You Know...?

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Noisome and nice news nuggets picked from the press.

1. A Christian girl said to have been fostered by a Muslim family had a "warm and appropriate" relationship with the carers, a British family court has heard. The girl expressed she missed the foster carer and wanted to see her again.
2. Passengers forced open the doors on a busy rush-hour London train and climbed on to tracks after becoming "panicked" in the carriage when a man began reading lines aloud from the Bible.
3. After the Las Vegas shooting, people are arguing online about why there is a clear disparity between how white suspects and those of colour are described by police and the media in America.
4. Twenty-nine year-old Spencer Ashworth was shot dead by police near Bristol after he threatened a motorist with a handgun.
5. A British nuclear submarine captain has been relieved of his command after an alleged "inappropriate relationship" with a member of his crew.
6. The European Court of Human Rights says Russia must compensate journalists who were sued for articles about the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster in 2000.
7. More than 400 acid or corrosive substance attacks were carried out in the six months to April this year, according to figures from 39 police forces in England and Wales.
8. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said it is time to "let the British lion roar" as he called for the UK's exit from the European Union to be a moment of national renewal. Johnson also suggested the Libyan city Sirte could be the new Dubai, adding that "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away".
9. Spain's King Felipe attacks Catalan referendum organisers for having put themselves "outside the law" in a TV address, while the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC that Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days.
10. Home-schooling is creating an uneducated generation in the UK.
11. A woman with agoraphobia has been travelling the world using Google Streetview. Her unusual coping method has led to thousands of people following her travels on Instagram.
12. Google and Facebook have been criticised several times in the last 12 months for promoting content later found to be false, particularly relating to breaking news events.
13. In August, for the first time in 11 years, there was no snow on Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis, while Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C (122F) days within a few decades, a study has found.
14. The island of Puerto Rico was devastated by the worst hurricane in its history, Hurricane Maria, nearly two weeks ago, but only about half of mainland Americans in a recent poll know Puerto Ricans are fellow Americans and so aid has been slow.
15. The trend for tourists taking selfies with local creatures is fuelling a rise in animals being snatched from the wild by irresponsible tour operators, according to animal charity World Animal Protection.
16. A body clock ticks in nearly every cell of humans, as well as in plants, animals and fungi.
17. Nissan has shown off a prototype sweat-sensing car seat which it says could help prevent road accidents.
18. It is thought that between 1-3% of the UK population is asexual, meaning they do not feel any sexual attraction to other people.
19. The National Theatre in London is testing mixed-reality glasses that can make subtitles float on the stage, to help those with a hearing impairment.
20. The Scottish government has announced an "effective ban" on fracking, saying the practice "cannot and will not take place in Scotland".

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