Today I learnt that the latin phrase "contemptus mundi" means "contempt for the world".
30) 30/5/2008
Today I learnt that the film "Fight Club" has several subliminial frames included. In some the Tyler Durden character appears and disappears rapidly on the screen before he has been introduced into the film. I had not noticed these until today.
31) 31/5/2008
Today I learnt that in Morse Code the silent space between letters should be, conventionally, equal to 3 dots; and each dash should be equal in length to 3 dots.
32) 1/6/2008
Today I learnt that this type of sleeping bag is known as the "mummy" variety.
33) 2/6/2008
Today I learnt that the sycamore trees we have in Britain are not native to this country and no-one knows exactly who introduced them or when. Only in the last 200 years or so have they become widespread.
34) 3/6/2008
Today I learnt that Rabat is the capital city of Morocco; not the far larger Casablanca.
35) 4/6/2008
Today I learned that Czechoslovakia won the 1976 European Championship on penalties against West Germany. The winning penalty was an audacious chip by Panenka; perhaps the first such penalty ever seen. I was under the impression that Germany had never lost a penalty shoot-out.
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