- The Toblerone logo has a 'hidden' image of a bear (via Gordon).
- The word seersucker 'originates from the Hindi words "shir shakkar," meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar'.
- Ethiopia not only uses a different calendar (the year 2000 started this week), but unlike the convention in most countries, in Ethiopia the start of the day is dawn, rather than midnight.
- Mobile data tariffs are expensive in the USA: T-Mobile has just slashed their unlimited mobile data service from 30 to 20 dollars a month, while I only pay 7.50 pounds (around 15 dollars) a month for the same service with T-Mobile UK. Although to be fair, I have a fair use policy that limits my monthly access to 1GB, and I have not checked if the USA tariff is truly unlimited (but I'd be surprised if it was).
- You can use an analog watch as a compass. I'm surprised at how simple that is.
- Hitting the forward slash key while in Gmail positions the cursor in the search box. More Gmail shortcuts on a printable cheatsheet.
- Updating your Facebook status twice within the space of a few seconds only shows in your mini-feed. I can't find any evidence to link to, but just found it out while re-posting to correct a typo.
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