Thursday, July 05, 2007

100 things you don't know.

Read this very interesting list of 100 things most people don't know. So I'm gonna list my favourites here for your reading pleasure. Must say thank you if you like it hor.

# 2 - There are 200 million blogs which are no longer being updated, say technology analysts.

# 7 - The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

# 12 - The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.

# 20 - Sex workers in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.

# 27 - Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre bottles.

# 28 - More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

# 31 - The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.

# 47 - Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children, say researchers from the University of Siena.

# 58 - Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.

# 61 - A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.

# 64 - Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666.

# 67 - Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

# 68 - The egg came first.

# 72 - Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behaviour" involving sex, drugs and drink.

# 81 - Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

# 84 - Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

# 87 - Goths, those pasty-faced teenagers who revel in black clothing, are likely to become doctors, lawyers and architects.

# 88 - Nelson Mandela used to steal pigs as a child.

# 90 - The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

# 93 - If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.

# 96 - Flushing a toilet costs, on average, 1.5p.

# 99 - The term "misfeasance" means to carry out a legal act illegally.

# 100 - In the 1960s, the CIA used to watch Mission Impossible to get ideas about spying.

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