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Burning joss sticks ‘as deadly as traffic fumes or cigarette smoke’

Author AnthonyPosted on 30 July 2008Categories Nice and curious

I am not a hedgehog. Am I?

Is it true, as Wikipedia reports (possibly from this source), that people from Hertfordshire are nicknamed ‘Haycocks’ or ‘Hedgehogs’ in the same way that people from Yorkshire are ‘Tykes’?

Author AnthonyPosted on 8 August 2007Categories Nice and curious

Model railway sex

The Register Author AnthonyPosted on 9 February 2007Categories Nice and curious

Half empty? Half full? Why can’t it be both?

Wendell notes two AP stories on US attitudes to the forthcoming year. One is very downbeat, the other very upbeat – but based on the same poll data.

Author AnthonyPosted on 7 January 2007Categories Nice and curious

Halo How Not To Be Seen

The audio of Monty Python’s How Not To Be Seen, with visuals courtesy of first-person shooter Halo. (via MeFi)

Author AnthonyPosted on 30 November 2006Categories Nice and curious

Indexed by Old Bag

A blog with lots of great little graphs.

Author AnthonyPosted on 12 November 2006Categories Nice and curious

Reaction effect

A relaxing, beautiful and unwinnable flash game: try and get a chain reaction going.

Author AnthonyPosted on 1 September 2006Categories Nice and curious

Er, that looks almost exactly like a…

Which corporate logo looks most like a penis? B3TA decides.

Author AnthonyPosted on 31 August 2006Categories Nice and curious

Am I cystitis or not?

A Welsh-language road sign causes confusion when it suggests that cyclists have a bladder infection.

Author AnthonyPosted on 17 August 2006Categories Nice and curious

Flanders and Flanders

Interesting fact of which I was not aware: Stephanie Flanders (the BBC journalist) is the daughter of Michael Flanders, of Flanders and Swann fame. Flanders and Swann Online – Lyrics sorted by Title. He died when she was 7.

Author AnthonyPosted on 15 August 2006Categories Nice and curious

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