English scientists claim to have created human sperm in a laboratory.
(The researchers said their work could also lead to men with fertility issues fathering children. Trust men to create something that will ultimately make them redundant.)
10-Jul-2009
09-Jul-2009
Interesting Fact # 1105 - Conservation
According to green campaigners, damage done to the environment by America's love of gas-guzzling cars, fast food and McMansions, is far outweighed by the US public's insistence on extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet paper.
(98% of the toilet paper used in the USA comes from virgin wood, in Europe and Latin America, up to 40% of toilet paper comes from recycled products. Longer fibres in virgin wood are easier to lay out and fluff up for a softer tissue for a soft backside. After all fluffy loo paper vs the future of the planet? No contest really.)
Source: The Guardian
(98% of the toilet paper used in the USA comes from virgin wood, in Europe and Latin America, up to 40% of toilet paper comes from recycled products. Longer fibres in virgin wood are easier to lay out and fluff up for a softer tissue for a soft backside. After all fluffy loo paper vs the future of the planet? No contest really.)
Source: The Guardian
08-Jul-2009
On This Day
1949 – Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson were named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
1965 - Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escaped from Wandsworth prison.
1968 – James Earl Ray was arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1984 – Homosexuality was declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales.
1996 - Three young children and four adults were attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton, England.
2001 – Mamoru Takuma stabbed 8 school pupils to death at Ikeda Elementary School.
2003 - Conjoined Iranian twins who volunteered to go ahead with a major operation to separate them both died during surgery.
2008 – Tomohiro KatÅ drove a two-ton truck into a crowded pedestrianised area in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.
1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
1965 - Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escaped from Wandsworth prison.
1968 – James Earl Ray was arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1984 – Homosexuality was declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales.
1996 - Three young children and four adults were attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton, England.
2001 – Mamoru Takuma stabbed 8 school pupils to death at Ikeda Elementary School.
2003 - Conjoined Iranian twins who volunteered to go ahead with a major operation to separate them both died during surgery.
2008 – Tomohiro KatÅ drove a two-ton truck into a crowded pedestrianised area in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.
Interesting Food # 48 - Fruit and Veg
The European Union has scrapped rules on fruit and vegetable size.
(Twenty-six fruits and vegetables are now free to grow their own way. But ten — including peaches, pears and tomatoes — still have to watch the scales. I shall look forward to funny shaped carrots going back on the shelf.)
(Twenty-six fruits and vegetables are now free to grow their own way. But ten — including peaches, pears and tomatoes — still have to watch the scales. I shall look forward to funny shaped carrots going back on the shelf.)
07-Jul-2009
On This Day
1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
1947 – The Roswell UFO incident took place.
1967 – The civil war in Biafra began.
1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English blanguage throughout the Federal government.
1978 – The Solomon Islands became independent from the United Kingdom.
2005 - Four bombs were set off on the London public transport system during the morning rush hour, killing 56 people, and injuring 700. It was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the UK since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which killed 270 people. A group called "Al Qaeda in Europe" claimed responsibility for the attacks.
2006 – The Western Black Rhinoceros, the rarest of the Black Rhino subspecies, was declared extinct by the World Conservation Union, due to poaching.
1947 – The Roswell UFO incident took place.
1967 – The civil war in Biafra began.
1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English blanguage throughout the Federal government.
1978 – The Solomon Islands became independent from the United Kingdom.
2005 - Four bombs were set off on the London public transport system during the morning rush hour, killing 56 people, and injuring 700. It was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the UK since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which killed 270 people. A group called "Al Qaeda in Europe" claimed responsibility for the attacks.
2006 – The Western Black Rhinoceros, the rarest of the Black Rhino subspecies, was declared extinct by the World Conservation Union, due to poaching.
Interesting Fact # 1104 - Clothes
According to a survey by CareerNet, almost three-quarters of South Korean male office workers feel uncomfortable when female colleagues show too much leg or cleavage in the workplace.
( 56 % objected to micro-miniskirts (I call them belts) and 51% objected to excessive cleavage (you don't hear that complaint much in the UK). Hipster trousers revealing underwear, "killer heels" and flashy outfits in general were also cause for complaint. Women complained about stains on the shirts and ties of their male colleagues, but I'm sure they'd complain if their male colleagues turned up in high heels and low cut blouses.)
( 56 % objected to micro-miniskirts (I call them belts) and 51% objected to excessive cleavage (you don't hear that complaint much in the UK). Hipster trousers revealing underwear, "killer heels" and flashy outfits in general were also cause for complaint. Women complained about stains on the shirts and ties of their male colleagues, but I'm sure they'd complain if their male colleagues turned up in high heels and low cut blouses.)
06-Jul-2009
Interesting Fact # 1103 - BBC Taxis
The BBC spent a massive £14m on taxis in 2008.
(That works out at more than £38,000 a day. BBC staff took more than 406,000 taxi rides. I wonder how many times round the world that would go?)
Source - Daily Mirror
(That works out at more than £38,000 a day. BBC staff took more than 406,000 taxi rides. I wonder how many times round the world that would go?)
Source - Daily Mirror
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