Just read through the BBC article 100 Things we didn't know last Year and despite the fact that I knew 5 of them previously:
10. The House of Lords has a rifle range.
28. Tears do not fall in space.
37. The French call a walkie-talkie a talkie-walkie.
40. Time doesn't fly when you're having fun (we just remember a lot more detail than normal after enjoying something so think it went quickly).
92. Americans pronounce gifs as "jifs"
There were still some very interesting new facts:
3. It's easier to pick wet things up with wrinkled fingers - suggesting an evolutionary reason for getting "prune fingers" in the bath. - I always love an evolutionary advantage
8. Women look their oldest every Wednesday at 3.30pm. - I am really not brave enough to test this theory.
21. "Aunt" is the most popular pornographic search term in Syria - Really hoping it means something else in Syria!!
25. South Africa was included in the BRICS as it made for a better acronym than Nigeria. - Have often wondered why they were included.
70. Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings - Probably the cutest entry on the list.
82. Amazon's original name was to be Relentless - and the URL relentless.com still redirects to the company website. - Interesting and I admit I checked it right away, you can do by clicking here www.relentless.com
96. In Brazil barbecuing is a form of public protest. - Must have been a lot of Burgers floating around this year then!
Anyway, Check out the article as it has all of the links to the original articles.
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