How to deal with a troll
In Scandinavian mythology, trolls were shady creatures who lived below ground and varied in size from giants (in Iceland) to dwarfs (in Sweden). They snatched infants and replaced them with baby trolls, or ‘changelings’, in an attempt to improve their breeding stock. They could, however, be tackled:
— By leaving a knife on a baby’s cradle, the trolls being frightened of iron.
— By ringing church bells constantly.
— By baptising infants quickly, as trolls will not snatch those already christened.
— By exposing them to sunlight.
Hello, strangers
Which European capitals have the highest and lowest percentages of foreigners in their populations?
| Luxembourg | 65% |
| Brussels | 34% |
| Zurich | 31% |
| Riga | 26% |
| London | 22% |
| Warsaw | 0.6% |
| Sofia | 1% |
| Vilnius | 1.4% |
| Bratislava | 3.1% |
| Budapest | 3.3% |
Source: Eurostat
Catching your death
The World Health Organisation says the current Ebola outbreak has had a mortality rate of 70 per cent.
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