The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year. picked by misswinkle 9 months ago tags 100 things BBC news didn't know last year |
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This is a list of 22 things you probably didn't know you could get for free. If you include this list, that makes 23 things! picked by agent014 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one. 8 comments edit related share entertainmentI searched for possible dupes... didn't find any... my bad if it is picked by Nateebiinature 5 days ago |
Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known. picked by cjmei 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear? picked by bernardblack 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? To help you find out inside information about what the UK government is doing. How does the site work? You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the website for you and anyone e... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
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Check out these news photos from Reuters. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Because you just have to know these things. picked by sparklyeyedgal181 8 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
Sometimes the "top-10" lists can get a bit monotonous. This one has some interesting info such as the Earth has 5 natural moons, not just one. Well sort of. picked by bernardblack 4 weeks ago 3 comments edit related share science |
Some interesting facts about Mr. Spock and Leonard Nimoy (the actor) picked by joskirps 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Since 2005, scientists have discovered more than 50 new species of animals and plants on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. picked by rubes68 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Really interesting facts about Victoria's Secret picked by kamaloo 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik I in 1957 is credited with launching the U.S. space program. In the past 20 years, the space shuttle has launched 3 million pounds of cargo, transported more than 600 passengers and pilots, cumulatively spent more than three years in flight, and logged more than 366 million miles. Here are some other interesting facts about the U.S. space program. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Do you know what the smallest insect in the world is or what flower has a bloom of three feet? picked by Proverb 11 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
2008 is a decent year for movies but they still haven’t met my criteria for “Best Movie Year Ever”, so here are a few things I’d like to see in 2009. picked by 1krazykorean 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Jon pokes fun at Time's 'Person of the Year' award. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
A genius artist couple started a website where they paint the various things they want, then sell the paintings for the real life cost of those things, then buy the things with the money from the paintings. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago 8 comments edit related share arts |
(Technically ten uses for nine everyday things, and eleven for salt, but... still useful) picked by streetlight22be 7 months ago 8 comments edit related share arts |
News stories from around the world that got little attention. picked by wags273 9 months ago 4 comments edit related share world |
That's it really - some pictures of some things. Things that straddle that line between cool and pointless. 4 comments edit related share plime.comI reckon there'll be at least one thing on here you'll want. And those stairs/drawers combo that keeps cropping up. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago |
Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |