15) 15/5/2008
Today I learnt that there is a village in Suffolk called Brockley with a population of 281 at the last census. It has an indoor bowls club. It is near Bury St Edmunds. Wow.
16) 16/5/2008
Today I learnt that "perfidy" is a word to describe an act of disloyalty, a betrayal of trust.
17) 17/5/2008
Today I learnt that Portsmouth's ground, Fratton Park, is on its own separate island.
18) 18/5/2006
Today I learnt that deep inside a pine forest can be a peculiarly still, dead, grey and somewhat mystical place.
19) 19/5/2008
Today I learnt that in the Mexican Revolution Emiliano Zapata's armed unit was called The Liberation Army of the South or more commonly reffered to as the Zapatistas.
20) 20/5/2008
Today I learnt that Ray Mears believes his television "extreme survival" rival Bear Grylls is a "showman" and a glorified boy scout.
21) 21/5/2008
Today I learnt that Ken Burns is an American maker of documentary films who frequently uses still photographs in his films. The "Ken Burns Effect" is slowly zooming in or panning across still photographs which are embedded into the film.
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Quite simply: I write down one new thing I've learned each day.
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