1. Kit Kats used to be called Chocolate Crisps.
2. taH pagh taHbe is "To be or not to be" in Klingon.
3. And hok-oo means "watch out, other monkeys about!" in monkey language.
4. It's not Tiger, but Eldrick Woods.
5. Procter and Gamble set up a media company in 1933 to promote its detergents in the first "soap operas" - the last in its stable, As The World Turns, has just been cancelled.
6. Eco-light bulbs are designed to be brightest at 25C, and can get dimmer when cooler or hotter than that.
7. eBay's first ever item sold was a broken laser pointer for for $14.83.
8. Douglas Fairbanks and Cary Grant were among the first to repopularise pink as a colour for men.
9. Tipsy people who drink coffee to "sober up" are more like to misunderestimate how drunk they really are.
10. The German Cold War bunker up for auction is so well protected, it can withstand a jumbo crashing into the mountain it is hidden inside.
From the [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/12/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_116.shtml]BBC Magazine[/url]
