100 Things We've Learned This Year

The annual list from the BBC. Here's a semi-random sampling:

More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon's bedroom.

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five litres of cooking oil a year.

A common American poplar has twice as many genes as a human being.

The medical name for the part of the brain associated with teenage sulking is "superior temporal sulcus".

While 53% of households have access to a garage, only 24% use them for parking cars.

The egg came first.

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