Each year the BBC puts together facts and figures and random trivia on everything from science to entertainment. At the end of the year they run an article on the top 100 things from the year that we didn't know before.
Some of my favorites from this year include:
7. The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
17. Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.
28. More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
38. A common American poplar has twice as many genes as a human being.
40. The medical name for the part of the brain associated with teenage sulking is "superior temporal sulcus".
55. While 53% of households have access to a garage, only 24% use them for parking cars.
69. Humans were first infected with the HIV virus in the 1930s.
84. Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.
87. Goths, those pasty-faced teenagers who revel in black clothing, are likely to become doctors, lawyers and architects.
Read the rest of the article here .
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