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7 things I did not know last week

  1. Katherine Ellis (vocals on the Freemasons' 'When You Touch Me') recorded the vocals on the Ruff Driverz' 'Dreaming' as Arrola.
  2. The NRS social grades (a standard of demographic classification used for market research) do not include the upper class as it represents only 2% of the UK population.
  3. The opposite of hibernate is estivate (going into a state of dormancy in hot dry seasons).
  4. Photographer Annie Leibovitz and writer Susan Sontag had a 'close romantic relationship'.
  5. 'Remember The Milk' tasks can be very easily integrated into Google Calendar.
  6. Borough Market was registered as a charity in 1999.
  7. The Hawaiian word 'Aloha' can be translated as 'love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, lover, loved one; beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable; to love, be fond of; to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection; to venerate; to remember with affection; to greet, to hail. Greetings! Hello! Good-by! Farewell! Alas!'
Posted by Luca in uncategorized on Saturday 18 October 2008. 1 comment

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  1. 7 things I did not know last week | bitful Says:

    [...] Ellis (featured in last week's 7 Things too) is the voice of the Gaviscon 'What a Feeling' [...]