Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year

Nothing much to say today so I will share a list of 50 things that we didn't know last year at this time.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/dec/22/50-things-we-know-now-we-didnt-know-time-last-year/life/

Here are 5 I found interesting in no particular order.

1. The use of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace on company computers leads to increased productivity.
2. The virus that causes AIDS most likely emerged around 1908 near the African town then known as Léopoldville, now known as Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. Searching online is better than reading books for increasing the brainpower of middle-aged and older adults.
4. Excessive flip-flop wearing leads to a much higher risk of developing skin cancer on the feet. Only half of patients with foot melanomas survive.
5. Mexican scientists discovered a way to make diamonds from the carbon and organic compounds found in tequila.