Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

100 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-live-you-learn dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a BBC list of 100 topical pieces of information that they've reported on over the course of 2005. While some of them are very Brit-specific ("16. The London borough of Westminster has an average of 20 pieces of chewing gum for every square metre of pavement."), there are some interesting, touching, and humorous stories in there. "20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood. 32. 'Restaurant' is the most mis-spelled word in search engines. 65. Actor James Doohan, who played Scotty, had a hand in creating the Klingon language that was used in the movies, and which Shakespeare plays were subsequently translated into."

6 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. MOD PARENT UP ^^^^^ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First comment of 2006 by GNAA

  2. One thing you didn't know last year... by Joey+Patterson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One thing you didn't know last year is that I would get the first post of /.'s 2006!

    Happy New Year, everyone!

    1. Re:One thing you didn't know last year... by DAVEO · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      you outdid me.

      next year we're ON.

      --
      -DAVEO
    2. Re:One thing you didn't know last year... by Gertlex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Haha... I just knew I'd come onto slashdot and find this. Certainly better than first post of a topic.

  3. Frist frost 2006 NYC US Easterm by DAVEO · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DAVOE WON'ts 2 b ur freidn.

    shouts to spree & wade

    --
    -DAVEO
  4. happy new year! by tommertron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi! I don't know what this subject is about, but it's the new year! happy fuckin' new year! woooo! I'm durnk....

    --
    Random rants about technology: http://technorants.blogspot.com