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- t0ny, on 10/12/2007, -2/+80FTA:
"The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood."
I bet she would not have done that if she had. - JavaJoe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+63"Last Updated: Friday, 30 December 2005, 10:43 GMT"
So wait, shouldn't the title really be... "100 things we didn't know this time TWO years ago"? - grammarpolice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+59One in six children think that broccoli is a baby tree.
I used to pop them in thinking i was eating trees, hahaha. Untill my parents thought I was retarded and hit me. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45last week must have been rough for you.
- Gemini25RB, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35Nice list of trivia. Important to note, though, that the list is of things the BBC didn't know last year, not humanity in general.
- Rhine23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30I can't believe I read all that...
- ozid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21100. Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".
rofl - hypnotizd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@foobar5892
If you had a third nipple, would you actually go around bare-chested to have people point and talk about it? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13"38. Nasa boss Michael Griffin has seven university degrees: a bachelor's degree, a PhD, and five masters degrees."
You didn't know he had several degrees a year ago? What, did he get them all in a 6-month span? - Steve95613, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Probably sprays the tank cover and counter top with wd-40..so people when people dump their stuff out to cut lines, the coke dissolves.
78. One in 18 people has a third nipple.
On my way to check 17 other people... - Sharkee, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13A lot of that seems speculative, and doesn't seem to be based on facts or have reputable sources.
- TheCheeks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Check the date!
"Last Updated: Friday, 30 December 2005, 10:43 GMT " - nonesupplied, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9That one blew my mind. Soooo unnecessary. From now on, I'm gonna apologize to the store owners for playing.
That and the one regarding selling two CDs covered the cost of stocking ALL the CDs. - michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9She said she has "never been ON a computer". Neither have I.
I bet she has used one though. Cheeky British bastards. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10after all that reading I came to the conclusion that British people are dumb as dirt.
- wjglenn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This was posted in December 2005 and is just a list of articles they did in 2005. Would be much cooler to see a list of 100 things that weren't around or were not discovered at this time last year.
- dscottp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@foobar5892
Most 3rd nipples are mistaken for moles. If I'm not mistaken, if there's a mole that runs on an (imaginary) line that goes from your shoulder, past your nipple, then curving to your sides around your rip cage, there's a good chance it's actually a nipple. - GrahamStw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's NOT based on submissions by readers. It's based on stories reported by the BBC. Only the photos are from readers! Some have a More Details link to the original story, but you can find more about any of them if you search.
They do a list of ten things every week. - dpk87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Nasa boss Michael Griffin has seven university degrees: a bachelor's degree, a PhD, and five masters degrees."
Awesome. - anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+56. WD-40 dissolves cocaine - it has been used by a pub landlord to prevent drug-taking in his pub's toilets.
I did not get this one, could someone explain it? Does he put the oil on the toilet seat?
btw wouldn't this be better used by drug dealers. - DharmaTurtle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5100. Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".
...I'm speechless... - jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+678. One in 18 people has a third nipple.
now that is just weird. - azathothx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7no, he's right. the article was written in 2005 and hence it was "100 things we didn't know this time in 2004" which, unless i'm very much mistaken, was 2 years ago.
- jezmck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6#3: happened to me.
#11: funny
#53: worrying
#91: !
#100: Just damn absurd. - ggoyal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Exactly what I expected on seeing the title.
The article just states some historical facts that came to their knowledge. I can make a similar list of a million things I didnt know last year. Or maybe surf the web or read a newspaper and come out with 100 things I didnt know two hours ago. Waiting for a 100 things we didnt expect last year. - markr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Broomett - took a while to find the source but I remember this happening managed to find it in the end!
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/191/191661_sour_note_for_steve_.html - GrahamStw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well actually there isn't. That's like saying there is a substance called "herb".
If you're trying to say that us Brits don't like spicy food then you clearly haven't spent much time in the UK. We have more curry houses here than they do in India. - jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5another strange one. applies to UK, not US:
63. It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country because of the artificial heat needed, according to Defra. - Darrelc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The BBC Seems to have a serious Squid fetish...
67. Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.
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.
Random as *****... - r©ain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bahh! These articles are so passe.
Where's the 100 things we don't know now we'll know next year articles? - michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Koala Bears have fingerprints just like ours?
I wonder how many people are on deathrow becuase of some clever Koala bear? - Gemini25RB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21.21 JIGAWATTS!
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I think the article was saying that they now know exactly what the first CELL phone call in BRITAIN was and when it happened. - WomunOfColour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle
- hays, on 10/12/2007, -0/+288. A single "mother" spud from southern Peru gave rise to all the varieties of potato eaten today, scientists have learned.
That's pretty awesome, but I looked at the actual article linked and it doesn't claim the same thing. It says there was a single domestication event, not necessarily a single mother potato.
" "in contrast to all prior hypotheses of multiple origins of the cultivated potato, we have identified a single origin from a broad area of southern Peru," said the scientist " - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9"78. One in 18 people has a third nipple."
I call *****. I've seen plenty of bare chests in my life (on the beach, for instance), and I've never seen a third nipple. - cvindustries, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Noonesupplied,
Read "The Long Tail". What is meant by that trivia bit is that if the CD doesn't move once every other quarter, the income from its sale will not offset the volume of space it takes up on the floor space with regards to rent for store display overhead. As choice reaches infinity (a store carries every single CD ever made), it must be capable of selling those really far out there CD's in order to make ends meet. Enter the digital jukebox, iTunes, etc. where there's no brick and morter rent for having a digital catalogue. If you want to enter the business world, I highly recommend reading the book. It's cutting edge economics for the digital world. - EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, brunette is just a color, does not implie gender, seriously.
- GameCat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"8. Devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to jaywalk as other people, according to an Israeli survey reported in the New Scientist. The researchers say it's possibly because religious people have less fear of death."
Some traffic signals here in Melbourne, Australia run automatic pedestrian movements on saturdays because Devout Orthodox Jews don't want to press the walk button.
I think that may be related to the jaywalking problem. - amal3k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If first phone call was made 20 years ago, why are we only hearing about it now?!
- pcsperson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+194. Bill Gates does not have an iPod
lol who knew - dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do you have a source for that? (I'm genuinely curious)
As for being more likely to jaywalk, I do it all the time and I'm certainly not a Devout Orthodox Jew. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was about to say that I knew about Lance Armstrong's heart before this year. And then I saw that the date was 2005. So that is the reason.
That was the most obvious one I could find, since EVERY article about his quest for the 7th Tour de France in 2005 talked about that fact. - sauron256, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@GameCat
I'm Australian and have NEVER seen a BBQ hosted outside a polling station on election day. - rparle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I read earlier today that Britons download the most copyrighted material in the world. I assume that's per person, or per person online. The article was about television programmes, but it's reasonable to expect it applies to movies and music too.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, I'm really not too bright. I read the "1 in 10 Europeans conceived in an Ikea bed," and I was thinking they were talking about beds that were still IN the Ikea at the time.
Stupid Friday. - wonkavsn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is from 2005. I remember seeing it then when I was in Europe.
(and it says Dec 2005 at the top) - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1apparently they didn't two years ago.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I didn't think there'd be a smart to do it. Thanks.
- DJC1983, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I don't see how we didn't know most of this last year...
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