Tuesday 29 May 2012

Did you know...

... that a bikini-clad rendition of the "Cat Daddy" dance by the reigning Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Kate Upton (pictured) was temporarily banned from YouTube? ... that the German National Library of Science and Technology, the world's largest specialty library in its field, has 125 km (78 mi) of shelf space? ... that an obituary in The Independent called Lady June "a great British eccentric and cosmic prankster"? ... that Christ's College Big School is the oldest educational building in New Zealand in continuous use? ... that the first 140 amino acids encoded by the gene TMEM106A are deleted along with BRCA1 during early-onset breast cancer? ... that missing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith set a single-season record of 23.4 points per game playing University of Hawaii basketball that still stands? ... that National Hero of Indonesia Pong Tiku used chili pepper extract to blind his Dutch foes?

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