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Chris Higgins
The BBC’s 100 things we didn’t know last year
by Chris Higgins - January 8, 2008 - 8:01 AM

BBC's 100 things we didn't know last year

On January 1, BBC News posted their list of 100 things we didn’t know last year, a fun list of tidbits from around the world. By each tidbit, a “more details” link leads to a BBC story explaining it. Here are some favorites:

16. Chimpanzees make their own spears for hunting.

20. More than half (52%) of smokers haven’t told their parents about their habit.

34. Kryptonite exists.

49. CDs were nearly called mini-racks.

62. Until the late 1990s, the RAF’s nuclear bombs could be activated using a bicycle lock key.

See also: lists from 2006, 2005, and 2004. (Via kottke.org.)

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  1. I’m a smoker for 5 years now and mom still doesn’t know. I’m 23.

  2. With respect to #62 and the bicycle lock, do remember that it was an English bicycle lock, and so that is quite all right. Cheers!

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