Some things we didn't know

1. There are 200 million blogs which are no longer being updated >>

2. Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight >>

3. The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes >>

4. The fastest supercomputer in the UK can make 15.4 trillion calculations per second >>

5. Online shopper will only wait an average of four seconds for an internet page to load up before giving up >>

6. More than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet >>

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

8. Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life >>

9. The world's fastest supercomputer will have its speed measured in "petaflops", which represent 1,000 trillion calculations per second >>

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

11. There is only one cheddar cheese maker in Cheddar, even though cheddar is the most popular hard cheese in the English-speaking world >>

12. Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children >>

13. When filming summer scenes in winter, actors suck on ice cubes just before camera rolls - it cools ther mouth so their breath doesn't condense in the cold air >>

14. The word "time" is the most common noun in the English language, according to the latest Oxford dictionary >>

15. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666 >>

16. Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25% >>

17. The egg came first >>

18. The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle >>

19. Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world >>

20. Six million people use TV subtitles, despite having no hearing impairment >>

21. The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the earth's surface >>

22. If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away >>

23. There are two million cars and trucks in Brazil which run on alcohol >>

24. Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger >>

Maeghan
Source: Magazine Monitor, BBC News