Elsewhere: 100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year

A very British centric list, but I found the following gems:

#11. Astronauts wear nappies during launch and re-entry because they can’t stop what they’re doing should they need to urinate.
#31. There is mobile phone reception from the summit of Mount Everest.
#62. Until the late 1990s, the RAF’s nuclear bombs could be activated using a bicycle lock key.
#72. Dumbledore is gay.
#90. Chickens can be diagnosed with depression.

 

Jan 1, 2008