Blog of Josh Hall » BBC http://sixf00t4.com Peace, Love, and Ambition. Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Top 10 things we didn’t know last year http://sixf00t4.com/2009/01/Top-10-things-we-didnt-know-last-year/ http://sixf00t4.com/2009/01/Top-10-things-we-didnt-know-last-year/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:39:00 +0000 sixf00t4 http://joshuadhall.com/?p=619
A list of 100 things from BBC from news articles last year that exposed interesting facts.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last.shtml Some highlights: 4. Etiquette dictates that at dinner parties, a man should always talk to the woman on his left during the first course, and right during the main course. More details 21. Short men are more likely [...]]]>

A list of 100 things from BBC from news articles last year that exposed interesting facts.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last.shtml

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4. Etiquette dictates that at dinner parties, a man should always talk to the woman on his left during the first course, and right during the main course.
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21. Short men are more likely to be jealous.
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28. The Olympic torch is designed to withstand winds of up to 65km an hour and stay alight in rain up to 50mm an hour.
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40. You can lessen jet lag by not eating.
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41. Women are banned by law from Mount Athos in Greece, home to 20 monasteries.
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66. Misheard song lyrics are known as mondegreens.
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