100 we didn't know last year

Happy New Year! The BBC has comprised a list of 100 interesting facts you probably didn't know in 2006. Some of my favorites are:

3. Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.

7. The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

32. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.

45. Cows can have regional accents, says a professor of phonetics, after studying cattle in Somerset

64. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666.