Sunday, January 01, 2006
The Year In Minutae
It's an amazing list. Some we don't care about -- AT ALL
Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies. "I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies," she says.Some are actually interessting
The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".Some are silly
In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.Some are weird
When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.And some, finally, have implications I am almost afraid to consider
You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.Read them all -- It's a slow news day.
