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100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year.

bbc.co.uk — The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year.

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  • vibrokatana, on 01/01/2008, -2/+241dug for having supporting links and not having 100 individual pages
  • dewyjuhl, on 01/01/2008, -2/+145"35. Denmark is the happiest country in Europe; Italy the unhappiest."

    I'm half Danish, half Italian. hmmm

  • Wiini, on 01/01/2008, -9/+149Wow... those guys in the UK sure learned a lot last year!
  • magicaltrevor, on 01/01/2008, -0/+12945. Domestic cats can trace their descent to the Middle East.

    What, by themselves?
  • Maloney, on 01/01/2008, -2/+11197. There have been at least two children given the name "Superman" in the UK since 1984.
  • aydoubleyou, on 01/01/2008, -3/+10570. IP addresses will run out in 2010.

    Were doomed!
  • sparkmonkeyz, on 01/01/2008, -1/+87You have reached equilibrium.
  • HHP2K, on 01/01/2008, -2/+84Kinda more like "100 things you didn't know yesterday"
  • zoziw, on 01/01/2008, -1/+8053. Renowned atheist Professor Richard Dawkins likes singing Christmas carols.
    FTA
    Prof Dawkins, who has frequently spoken out against creationism and religious fundamentalism, replied: "I'm not one of those who wants to stop Christian traditions. "This is historically a Christian country. I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.

    "So, yes, I like singing carols along with everybody else. I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.

    "If there's any threat these sorts of things, I think you will find it comes from rival religions and not from atheists."
  • inactive, on 01/01/2008, -4/+8234. Kryptonite exists.
    Useless without superman don't ya think?
  • thomashallock, on 01/01/2008, -9/+77"Brazil nuts are seeds encased in an outer shell that weighs more than 1kg." ...the UK didn't know this last year?
  • RoadDoggFL, on 01/01/2008, -2/+6328. Designer discount retailer TK Maxx is called TJ Maxx in the US.

    Really? We've only just figured this out last year?
  • sugablonde, on 01/01/2008, -0/+58More like, "100 new stories to submit on digg".
  • ruley, on 01/02/2008, -0/+50teenagers lying about alcohol and drug use has increased two-fold.
  • niteskunk, on 01/01/2008, -3/+52Jeesh... am I the only one who's heard of IPv6?
  • merripen, on 01/01/2008, -0/+48Great! Now learn what "where" means.
  • atbnet, on 01/01/2008, -3/+47Bi-polar much?
  • magicaltrevor, on 01/01/2008, -0/+42'Hmmm' actually seems appropriate for your mood then.
  • Shoebox639, on 01/01/2008, -4/+44drinking and drug using teens are on the decline = total bs
  • HHP2K, on 01/01/2008, -3/+42That's what they said about telephone numbers.
  • rothman, on 01/01/2008, -3/+40Walk like John Wayne
  • stinkipete, on 01/01/2008, -12/+47If only the same could be said for America . . .
  • rabidg00se, on 01/01/2008, -1/+31What I didn't know was that TJ Maxx was called TK Maxx in the UK. Hm.
  • skyfire1, on 01/01/2008, -0/+29No more noobs. Yay!
  • atonement, on 01/01/2008, -1/+24Soon, you will implode.
  • atbnet, on 01/01/2008, -3/+26Yeah if there is one thing I get tired of is that the large majority of us 'evil atheists' don't want to 'destroy Christmas' or any other Christian traditions. Just stop shoving religion down our throat and calling us 'evil atheists'.
  • Ubergoober3, on 01/01/2008, -6/+2985. no surprise the fattest baby was born in the US.
  • RoboRay, on 01/01/2008, -6/+29This is apparantly a list of things THE AUTHOR didn't know last year, as opposed to actual new discoveries. Is anyone interested in the list of things I didn't know last year but do now? No? I didn't think so. So why does BBC think we would be interested in this guy's list?
  • ricree, on 01/01/2008, -5/+27"...under the the Representation of the People Act 1893."
    Yep, I'm sure that no one knew that before this year.
  • MacEnvy, on 01/01/2008, -0/+22And thus, not last year either.
  • Mutton, on 01/02/2008, -0/+21They said I was mad... stockpiling beans and IP addresses... WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, JACK? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!?
  • henryfosdike, on 01/01/2008, -0/+21Yes, that's NEARLY seven out of 10...
  • ph070sh0p, on 01/01/2008, -2/+22Well played sir, well played.
  • rothman, on 01/01/2008, -6/+25Walk like John Wayne.
  • Owwmykneecap, on 01/01/2008, -4/+21101. most digg users are silly tools.

    Jesus, all these smart ass comments "oh i knew that last year"...

    It's just a list of interesting tidbits of nuggety information of a reasonably quirky or funny inclination, gleamed from a story run in the last year.
    They also do a 10 things we didn't know last week, each week, as the name implies.
  • jon30041, on 01/01/2008, -1/+17Youtube?
  • Gimpishi, on 01/01/2008, -0/+14Nice work, sherlock.
  • VanD, on 01/02/2008, -0/+11I FIGURED IT OUT!!
    OMG!
    I'll call it IPv6
    It'll be amazing, I hope it catches on.
  • theodenking, on 01/01/2008, -3/+14Why on Earth would the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation put it like that?
  • Frosty122, on 01/01/2008, -2/+13Thanks to digg, I knew most of this stuff. XD
  • Twoodge, on 01/02/2008, -0/+11Who were doomed?
  • arjung, on 01/01/2008, -2/+12it's a summary of 100 interesting news items the BBC ran this past year that they haven't run in the past. no need to say that you knew them a year ago or that you didn't know them as recently as this morning.
  • aflaks, on 01/01/2008, -4/+14yeah, I'm drunk and high right now!
  • tumples, on 01/01/2008, -3/+13Get a life.
  • theodenking, on 01/01/2008, -0/+10Yes, I too can read.
  • gbro, on 01/02/2008, -1/+10In Soviet Russia, TK Maxx is called TK Marx.
  • staffrocket, on 01/01/2008, -0/+9This article is ballin hard, each little fact links to a full article on a list that sums up 2007.
  • t3714, on 01/02/2008, -0/+9you know you spend to much time on digg when you forget "dug" and "dig" are words.
  • sk2134, on 01/02/2008, -2/+11Sucks for them eh?
  • gutistg, on 01/02/2008, -0/+9Yup. +20 hp each cup.
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