New things we learned about in the year 2006
Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defence secretary in US history.
Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
More than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet, says a study.
One third of all the cod fished in the world is consumed in the UK.
The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon???s bedroom.
There is only one cheddar cheese maker in Cheddar, even though cheddar is the most popular hard cheese in the English-speaking world.
Cows can have regional accents, says a professor of phonetics, after studying cattle in Somerset
While 53% of households have access to a garage, only 24% use them for parking cars.
macdoug wrote:95% of all students world-wide know the percentages of all things which when divided, multiplied or square rooted, will produce a percentage of all the things which bear a percentage of the the things which brought to a percentage of things will produce a percentage. Percentagely speeking.
lol, i guess i am the other 5%, because i don't know....