Interesting People – Tom Jones
For 47 years Tom Jones has been banned from the tiny Welsh village of Fochriw (careful how you say that). (His crime? Allegedly stealing a chicken. Len Davies, 80, who was there at the time said, “There was a fight and then the chicken had gone. Tom got the blame – but nobody really knows.” […]
Interesting Fact – Universities
According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, more than a fifth of UK University students fail to finish their degrees. (But it seems to depend on the university. The study showed that 45.4 per cent of Bolton University students failed to finish their studies, and at London Metropolitan University, the figure was 44.4 per cent, […]
Interesting Fact #1296 – Drugs
In the UK, it is now illegal to sell and possess the class B drugs mephedrone and other related substances, previously known as legal highs. (It is now a class B drug in the UK, and so there will be a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment, an unlimited fine for possession and 14 years […]
Interesting Fact #1297 – Internet Security
During 2009 Symantec identified almost 2.9 million items of malicious code. (51% of all viruses, trojans and other malicious programs Symantec has ever seen were logged during 2009. 2009 – the year of the hacker.)
Interesting Place – Mount Everest
Around 300 people have died along a perilous stretch of the world’s highest peak known as the “death zone”. (As many as 150 of the bodies are still on the mountainside, beyond the reach of recovery because of treacherous climbing conditions and lack of oxygen.)