Twenty Things: Did You Know...?

Music artist Lil Peep dead at 21/BBC.

Nebulous news nuggets picked from the press.

1. Dozens of prominent Saudi figures are being held in the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh. Many names are still secret, but the list is said to comprise at least 11 princes. It is part of an anti-corruption drive by the young Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
2. Russia's most notorious hackers, dubbed Fancy Bear and also known as APT28, Sofacy, Iron Twilight and Pawn Storm, has been linked to Russian intelligence.
3. Donald Trump has decided to thank himself for Thanksgiving, while shoppers are being warned about websites selling fake goods in the run up to Christmas.
4. A professional gamer from China has been suspended for 20 months for allegedly live-streaming a domestic abuse incident.
5. British reality TV personality Jeremy McConnell has been jailed for 18 weeks for missing community service to get a hair and beard transplant.
6. In recent years, more US hip-hop stars have begun rapping about prescription pills used to treat pain or anxiety, but since rapper Lil Peep died at the age of 21, critics are saying it has gone too far.
7. 'Break The Stigma' is a term used to raise awareness of mental health issues in the UK.
8. Silicon Valley has a lust for so-called unicorn companies. A unicorn is a start-up valued at more than $1bn (£750m) - Facebook is a classic unicorn.
9. The latest topic to consume the French, a nation of lexicologists, is "inclusive writing". This is the attempt to erase all trace of sexism in a language where gender is a central feature.
10. A nudist restaurant has opened in Paris. O'Naturel is thought to be the first dining experience of its kind in the French capital.
11. A Finnish bakery is to offer bread made from crushed crickets in a move that is hoped will help tackle world hunger.
12. The European Commission has cancelled the UK's turn to host the European Capital of Culture after Brexit, disappointing the bidding cities, while ministers are considering how to amend UK law to recognise animal feelings after leaving the European Union.
13. The 1940's Spitfire aircraft was one of the main things that helped to save Britain during the Second World War.
14. One of the child killers of toddler James Bulger, who was murdered aged two in 1993, has been recalled to prison suspected of having child abuse images on his computer.
15. Bikers are travelling across Iraq, flying the flag for tolerance and a love of motorbikes.
16. Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown. Amnesty International said it doubted there could be safe or dignified returns of Rohingya to Myanmar "while a system of apartheid remains" and the Burmese army continues to burn villages, rape women and girls, and steal possessions.
17. Cyntoia Denise Brown was 16 when she was sentenced to life in prison in the US for killing a man who had picked her up for sex. She has been behind bars for 13 years, but her story is now spreading around the world after a social media post about her release campaign, shared on Twitter and Instagram by Rihanna and Kim Kardashian West, went viral.
18. A mother-of-two in the UK has claimed Sleeping Beauty should be banned in primary schools because the story contains "non-consensual kissing".
19. We could see twice as many big earthquakes next year, scientists warn - because the equator has shrunk.
20. A population of finches on the Galapagos has been discovered in the process of becoming a new species.

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