12 March On average, a single train carriage houses 1,000 cockroaches (which lurk in heating systems and behind ceilings panels), as well as 200 bed bugs, 200 fleas, 500 dust mites and 100 carpet beetles.
Rentokil 11 MarchThe Filofax is having a comeback, after nearly 30 years after its 1980s heyday; Selfridges has reported a 25% leap in sales in the leather-bound personal organisers over the past year.
Times 10 MarchA road in Derby is to be named after the Tomb Raider character Lara Croft; more than 27,000 people took part in a public vote and nine out ten opted for Lara Croft Way – the Tomb Raider games were designed by a local company.
Source: Mail 9 MarchWhen the first parking meters appeared 52 years ago, restrictions were supposed to be solely about traffic management and congestion – last year councils made about £500m profit from more than nine million parking tickets.
Source: Telegraph 5 MarchThe average life of a web page these days is between 44 and 77 days – a lot of the web simply disappears into the ether, but the British Library is doing a valuable job of preserving some traces of our digital lives in a time capsule.
BBC 4 MarchA new iPhone application allows users to find nearby restaurants with discount deals – the free app from vouchercloud.com uses GPS to show the user the deals available at nearby restaurants.
Source: Mail 3 MarchIt sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with names in the UK like Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still, Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.
Source: thebabywebsite.com 2 MarchThe average cost of raising a child until the age of 21 has risen to £201,809; the total includes the cost of food, childcare, pocket money, driving lessons, a first car and school trips, equipment and uniforms – but not private school fees.
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