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- Meerkats are goToday
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Whilst meerkats aren't quite up there with otters (strangely, guaranteed to make me cry) in my personal pantheon of ace animals, they're pretty close to the top. Which is why I love this...
- Apple reinvents the WheelToday
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Always happy to see people have a pop at the Cult of Apple ("I'll buy almost anything if it's shiny and made by Apple" - LOL)...
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard - Advertising in a recessionJanuary 6
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More from the Economist on why this is a good thing (and you would hope that they should know!)...
(Via here)
- Back in the officeJanuary 5
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Can I have a whoop! whoop! for 2009?
- 10 things we didn't know before the 1st week of 2009January 3
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- Sharks have weak jaws.
- Since 1972, 24 "leap seconds" have been added to the world's "time" because of the earth's slowing rotation.
- Blind children used to be taught to write Braille right to left, so it could be turned over and read left to right.
- Using both hands to read Braille achieves an average speed of 115 words per minute, compared with 250 words per minute for sighted reading.
- Gold medal winner Chris Hoy was inspired to cycle by ET.
- Jatropha plant oil can be used to fuel planes.
- Dieting impairs your ability fo fight flu.
- Chinese people spend three times longer online, for leisure, than the average Danish person.
- Only older mosquitoes pass on dengue.
- Our facial expressions are hardwired into our brains rather than learned during life.
(Borrowed from the BBC)