Twenty Things: Did You Know...?

Turkish capital Ankara bans all gay rights functions/GETTY.

Numerous news nuggets picked from the press.

1. Some of London's buses from Monday will be powered with the help of waste coffee grounds, it has been revealed.
2. US Navy officials have said it was "absolutely unacceptable" that one of their pilots used a jet's contrail to draw a penis in the sky.
3. Canadian rapper Drake stopped his set at a gig in Sydney after seeing someone being groped in the audience.
4. Kickstarting urban renovation, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has launched a plan to transform "left behind" town centres in the region.
5. Morocco has seen at least 15 people killed in a stampede in while food aid was being handed out.
6. Youtuber film directors rejoice; a firm is making affordable film props aimed at them.
7. Bill Deacon was a "quiet and unassuming" hero who, in mountainous seas off Shetland, saved the lives of 10 people before losing his own.
8. In New York, a 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold for a record $450m (£341m).
9. Gay festivals, screenings, forums and exhibitions have been banned in the Turkish capital Ankara on security grounds.
10. The paraffin in skincare creams is a synthetic wax derived from petroleum.
11. US motorist Karen Fonseca, whose vehicle window decal directed an expletive at Donald Trump and his voters, has been arrested in Texas.
12. Republican Roy Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct by eight women when some were as young as 14, but that has not stopped conservative Americans from standing by him.
13. Knocked for a "like" on his Twitter account to a pornographic video, an Australian government minister has said hackers are responsible.
14. It's a trick of the light that makes the sky look blue.
15. Superhero film Justice League has attracted controversy before its release after some fans complained that the female Amazon outfits seemed skimpier and less military than those worn by the same characters in the recent Wonder Woman film.
16. Having a guide dog for many visually impaired people is a vital lifeline, but when a dog retires or dies the impact can be huge.
17. Celebrated Tunisian fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa has died at the age of 77, French media report.
18. Ofsted head Amanda Spielman has said inspectors will question girls who wear hijabs in primary school to find out why.
19. Cited between 1944 and 1947, an estimated 12 million ethnic Germans fled or were expelled from their homes.
20. Killing a six-year "obsession" led one man to uncover a tank named Deborah from the Battle of Cambrai, fought 100 years ago and heralded as the longed-for Allied victory on the Western Front.

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