10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week

[Calidore]

1. TV satellite dishes in the UK mainly point southeast - and so can be used to orientate the lost.

Or, the lost can just knock on the door of the house and ask to use a phone.

[Scheherazade]

1. Piranhas bark.

2. Brunettes make better friends.

3. Self-made millionaires are more likely to have gone to state school.

4. One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with poo.

5. Penguins rescued from oil slicks get knitted jumpers to keep them warm.

6. There will be more people in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday to watch the Wales v France World Cup semi-final on video screens than there will be at the actual match in New Zealand.

7. Meerkats recognise each others' voices.

8. Lady Gaga doesn't like Lady Goo Goo.

9. Babies know if someone is being unfairly treated at just 15 months.

10. Really good sex can wipe your memory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_201.shtml

[Scheherazade]

1. Footballs were called "fut ballis" in 1497.

2. Flying racehorses long distances to competitions in other countries can actually make them faster.

3. William and Kate use Boris bikes.

4. There is a decrease in natural births on Halloween and an increase on Valentines Day.

5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch, Wales's longest
place name, fits onto a single Monopoly square.

6. The average wait before getting in contact with someone after a first date is now 1.52 days.

7. The most relaxing song ever - called Weightless - is 11% more soporific than any other song.

8. The world's largest family has 181 members - one husband, 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.

9. Former scouts volunteer more than people who weren't in the scouts.

10. Alice Cooper runs a Bible class.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_202.shtml

[86.5parker]

Me i did not know that i am going to having a vippi or VIP in some loan in Helsinki Finland this week and it is really a good news.