100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
BBC has posted a list of 100 things we didn’t know last year. Some of these things I have a hard time believing, but here they are nonetheless. Here are a few of my favorites:
32. Barbie’s full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
40. The medical name for the part of the brain associated with teenage sulking is “superior temporal sulcus”. (The Emocampus?)
64. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666. (I think thats tougher than Honorificindinitabilius)
76. In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
87. Goths, those pasty-faced teenagers who revel in black clothing, are likely to become doctors, lawyers and architects. (yikes)
Linkage below.
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