From the BBC: Interesting facts we've learned this year

Here's a very interesting article from the BBC called "100 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year".  It's basically a set of odd facts and trivia that is a fun read.  Here are my favorites:

5. Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.

7. Baboons can tell the difference between English and French.

14. It's possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear.

20. The Queen (of England) has never been on a computer.

32. "Restaurant" is the most mis-spelled word in search engines.

37. Cyclist Lance Armstrong's heart is almost a third larger than the average man's.

44. Rubber gloves could save you from lightning.

45. C3PO and R2D2 do not speak to each other off-camera because the actors don't get on (i.e., get along).

58. The average guest at a Buckingham Palace garden party scoffs 14 cakes, sandwiches, scones and ice-cream, according to royal accounts.

59. Oliver Twist is very popular in China, where its title is translated as Foggy City Orphan.

60. Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month.

66. The hotter it is, the more difficult it is for aeroplanes to take off.

73. One in six children think that broccoli is a baby tree.

83. Britain produces 700 regional cheeses, more even than France.

87. Pulling your foot out of quicksand takes a force equivalent to that needed to lift a medium-sized car.

89. Spanish Flu, the epidemic that killed 50 million people in 1918/9, was known as French Flu in Spain.

99. The Japanese word "chokuegambo" describes the wish that there were more designer-brand shops on a given street.