bitful

1. Echinacea products made from the leaves and stems are not known to be clinically effective. I just hope the root is as good as they say, because I've been using it to keep a cold at bay for a week now.
2. Tecknonik (a blend of hip hop and techno dance styles) is a registered trademark, and the first time that a dance is protected that way.
3. There are no trains on Boxing Day on most lines in the UK, which could be a bit of a problem because I have to travel down to London to go to work on the 27th.
4. [Warning: Heroes S01E14 spoilers] Christopher Eccleston was originally offered the role of Sylar in Heroes. He declined, then Zachary Quinto auditioned and blew the casting panel away.
5. A Beddian year is the one in which your age matches the last two digits of the year you were born. Mine will be in 2034. What year was I born in? [via kottke]
6. Although you can strike out text with either the <del> or the <strike> tag, only the latter displays correctly in Google Reader. This is a bit odd, since the <strike> tag was deprecated in HTML 4.01. I noticed while reading Joe.My.God's 'Time Machine' post and not making much sense because the deletion sign did not get through, and then noticing that Kottke's post on Kindle, where deletions marked with <strike> displayed as intended.
7. Mehrabian's well-known 7%-38%-45% rule that says words only account for 7% when used to communicate (while the tone and body language that go with them account for 38% and 45% respectively) only applies to communications of feelings and attitudes (likes and dislikes). It is often wrongly overly interpreted to cover communication as a whole.

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