10 Strange Facts from the BBC
Just saw this and made me smile, so thought I’d share. I still think that the BBC is the finest television channel in the whole world, even if Nick Griffin gets to appear on it!
1. Humpback whales’ mating rituals can be deadly.
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2. Galaxies that are 10.2 billion light-years away can be seen through telescopes.
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3. Wine gums have the names of alcoholic drinks on them.
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4. People spent £37m on cup cakes in the UK last year.
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5. The spread of cupcake shops has been used to map urban gentrification in the US.
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6. Bagged salad is photographed 4,000 times a second.
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7. The most available time of week for a meeting is Tuesday at 3pm.
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8. GPS locates the Prime Meridian 100m to the east of Greenwich Observatory.
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9. Sales of Asterix books number 325 million.
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10. The first watches appeared shortly after 1500 in Germany.
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