Odds and ends

Rossini Forwarded by Lakshman Karalliedde

https://youtu.be/EjtVDG0drG0

Why people think Germans are so efficient -

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170903-why-people-think-germans-are-so-efficient

How the demand for sand is killing rivers - 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41123284

BBC 100 Women: Nine things you didn't know were invented by women - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40923649

How one girl's illness changed what a nation eats - 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41132589