7 things I didn't know last month

1. Doughnuts are traditionally ring shaped because the middle bit was cut out as it didn't cook fully
2. Mobile phone aerials on the first models were not actually connected to the phone, but put there for effect
3. How to open a garlic bulb with a single tap
4. Our oven gloves have polka dots on the inside
5. Bledlow is the home of rock!?!
6. You can see Crystal Palace transmitter from the 10th floor of my work building
7. The word spatchcock