Gotta love the BBC for pulling together this superb list of 100 things we didn’t know last year.
What a brilliant idea. I read the headline and tried to make my own list before I read the piece. I came up way short
of 100 things. But then I read the list and giggled at some of the "things" we didn’t know. The facts range
across a wonderfully wide spectrum of life:
For example, here’s a bit on culture:
35. The
name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". It also means
"I put together" in Latin.
And celebrity:
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.
Or a bit of science:%uFFFD 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.
And yet more science:
14. It’s possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear. A 55-year-old factory worker from China
reportedly discovered 20 years ago that air leaked from his ears, and he can now inflate balloons and blow out candles.
Who knew!?
The list goes on, and is utterly worth a look…as are the many articles that
sometimes follow the facts. I’ve already sent this around to some buddies, but I figured folks here would enjoy it too.