Things I Leaned Today - 11th April 2019

The brutalist architecture of the Hotel du Lac dominates the...

The brutalist architecture of the Hotel du Lac dominates the neighbourhood off Avenue Bourguiba. in Tunis-Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia - North Africa

- The word 'Yakuza' comes from the name of the unluckiest hand in a Japanese card game.

- There is a Natural History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire.

- A man has just spent 3 years driving from Amsterdam to Sydney in an electric car.

- There is only one free ambulance service in Mogadishu, Somalia.

- Swiss men voted against giving Swiss women the vote in a 1959 referendum.

- There was a WWE wrestling champion called 'The Iron Sheikh'.

- Dooley Wilson, best known as Sam from Casablanca, couldn't play the piano and was actually a drummer.

- A hotel in Tunisia probably inspired the shape of Star Wars' Jawa Sandcrawlers.

- Birmingham is now home to the world's biggest Primark.

Things I Learned This Week - 9th April 2019

Grand Marshal Billy Connolly and Family during the New York City...

Grand Marshal Billy Connolly and Family during the New York City Tartan Day Parades, in New York, on April 6, 2019. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

I've recently been unable to type up these nuggets of information on a daily basis, so here are some things I've learned over the last 5 days or so:

- The International Criminal Court in the Hague was only set up in 2002.

- In 2017, a survey estimated that on any given day 200,000 Brits turn up to work with a hangover.

- Casimir Pulaski, a Polish general who fought in the American Revolution, might have been intersex.

- North Korean TV is experimenting with becoming more modern.

- The F1 Grand Prix track at Silverstone is built on the site of an RAF Bomber Command base.

- Jabba the Hutt apparently had a son called Rotta the Huttlet.

- A myriad originally meant 10,000.

- New York City has an annual Tartan Week.

Things I Learned Today - 4th April 2019

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- In 2018, Queen sold more albums worldwide than Ariana Grande.

- Ireland has more bank holidays (with 9) than any country of the UK (Northern Ireland has 8).

- Antarctica is home to 9 'rivers', which only appear during the continent's summer months. The longest one is called the Onyx, and is 20 miles long.

- There is an influential German banking family called the Fuggers.

- There is a breed of fish called an Oscar.

- Poland will soon be home to the world's deepest swimming pool. But an even deeper one is set to open in Colchester in 2020.

- A striped polecat is also known as a 'zorilla'.

- There was a 'silly walks' parade in Hungary this April Fool's Day.

Things I Learned Today - 2nd April 2019

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- There are an estimated 60,000 children in the UK who are home schooled.

- The UK's gaming industry is worth more to the economy (£5.7 billion) than the UK's film industry (£5.2 billion).

- Germany is home to 7 of the top 10 worst carbon emitters in Europe.

- There is a dispute over what counts as London's largest 'theatre'.

- You can now take yoga classes alongside lemurs in the Lake District.

- In 1967, the town of St Paul, Alberta build the world's first UFO landing pad as part of Canada's centennial celebrations.

Things I Learned Today - 1st April 2019

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- Antoine Lavoisier, the scientist considered to be the 'father of modern chemistry', was executed at the height of the French Revolution.

- The Italian equivalent of the Oscars are named after Donatello's statue of David.

- Mosquitos have less sex and are less likely to bite you if they hear Skrillex playing.

- Large fish sometimes eat ducks and other birds.

- 'Smdh' means 'shaking my damn head'.

Things I Learned Today - 28th March 2019

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- Half of the UK's children are now born to families in rented accommodation.

- In 2016, an enormous helium mine was found in Tanzania, which is now thought to contain enough helium to fill 1.2 million MRI scanners.

- The design of Japan's bullet train is now modeled on a Kingfisher's beak.

- BAFTA bent their own rules to include Killing Eve on this year's TV awards shortlist.

- Dictionary.com has its own app, including a 'Word of the Day' feature.

- The gay dating app Grindr is currently owned by a Chinese company and the US government is forcing it to sell over blackmail fears.

- New York and California have recently seen pop-up museums dedicated to ice cream, selfies, pizza and the concept of the happy place.

- You can embed free photos from Getty if your reasons are non-commercial.

Things I Learned Today - 27th March 2019

- A number of the UK's emergency services use the what3words app to help save people's lives.

- There is a collection of sand dunes in Northern Canada that is often referred to as the 'world's smallest desert'.

- There is a high rise luxury apartment building close to the United Nations building in Manhattan, and it calls itself 'the ultimate global address'.

- The most popular visitor attraction in England outside London is Chester Zoo.

- There is a surprisingly large amount of fiction based on the story of Peter Pan.

- There is a website which takes Garfield out of Garfield cartoons 'to reveal the existential angst of [his owner] Jon Arbuckle'.