What we didn't know last year didn't hurt us...
From The BBC's "100 things we didn't know this time last year" << click there to read it in full without my snide comments.
1. The UK's first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.
If he said "Can you hear me now", I WILL scream.
5. Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies. "I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies," she says.
She's just wierd.
6. WD-40 dissolves cocaine - it has been used by a pub landlord to prevent drug-taking in his pub's toilets.
Is there any problem WD-40 and/or duct tape can't solve?
7. Baboons can tell the difference between English and French. Zoo keepers at Port Lympne wild animal park in Kent are having to learn French to communicate with the baboons which had been transferred from Paris zoo.
What do they talk about?
11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
More details
I don't want more details!
17. Bosses at Madame Tussauds spent £10,000 separating the models of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they separated. It was the first time the museum had two people's waxworks joined together.
That will learn them not to intertwine hollywood people. Not since, uh... George and Gracie.
20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.
I mean, she keeps falling off!
21. One person in four has had their identity stolen or knows someone who has.
This is the one that interests me... Did they verify the identity of the people surveyed?
29. When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.
Right on! It's like undersea McGuyver!
35. The name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". It also means "I put together" in Latin.
I always thought it meant "(&^*&)(@$#!! CANT YOU KIDS PUT YOUR OWN &(%^% TOYS AWAY!!!??
36. The average employee spends 14 working days a year on personal e-mails, phone calls and web browsing, outside official breaks, according to employment analysts Captor.
Cool! I'm above average!
41. Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street.
Say what???
61. You can bet on your own death.
Uh, yeah- It's called "Life Insurance" here in the states.
67. Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.
Can't a Giant Squid get any privacy?
69. First-born children are less creative but more stable, while last-born are more promiscuous, says US research.
LOL this had to be #69... What about last-born Giant Squids such as myself?
... I'm bored with this now... You'll have to read the rest by yourself...
1. The UK's first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.
If he said "Can you hear me now", I WILL scream.
5. Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies. "I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies," she says.
She's just wierd.
6. WD-40 dissolves cocaine - it has been used by a pub landlord to prevent drug-taking in his pub's toilets.
Is there any problem WD-40 and/or duct tape can't solve?
7. Baboons can tell the difference between English and French. Zoo keepers at Port Lympne wild animal park in Kent are having to learn French to communicate with the baboons which had been transferred from Paris zoo.
What do they talk about?
11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
More details
I don't want more details!
17. Bosses at Madame Tussauds spent £10,000 separating the models of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they separated. It was the first time the museum had two people's waxworks joined together.
That will learn them not to intertwine hollywood people. Not since, uh... George and Gracie.
20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.
I mean, she keeps falling off!
21. One person in four has had their identity stolen or knows someone who has.
This is the one that interests me... Did they verify the identity of the people surveyed?
29. When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.
Right on! It's like undersea McGuyver!
35. The name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". It also means "I put together" in Latin.
I always thought it meant "(&^*&)(@$#!! CANT YOU KIDS PUT YOUR OWN &(%^% TOYS AWAY!!!??
36. The average employee spends 14 working days a year on personal e-mails, phone calls and web browsing, outside official breaks, according to employment analysts Captor.
Cool! I'm above average!
41. Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street.
Say what???
61. You can bet on your own death.
Uh, yeah- It's called "Life Insurance" here in the states.
67. Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.
Can't a Giant Squid get any privacy?
69. First-born children are less creative but more stable, while last-born are more promiscuous, says US research.
LOL this had to be #69... What about last-born Giant Squids such as myself?
... I'm bored with this now... You'll have to read the rest by yourself...
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