Living in London

Our contribution to the year-end countdowns is this wonderful list from the BBC News that enumerates 100 things we did not know last year.

6. Dame Judi Dench sends 450 Christmas presents, according to her daughter.

18. There are 75 withdrawals from cash machines every second in the UK.

27. So much for the overworked society, the average British employee actually works 75 minutes less a week than in 1997, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

39. More Brits die each year falling from their hotel balcony than do in diving accidents, according to Foreign Office statistics.

47. A "jiffy" is 10 milliseconds in computer science terms.

73. Ducks have regional accents. London ducks shout out a rough quack to be heard above the urban din; those in the West Country make a quieter, softer sound.

Twas an interesting year, it was.

Thanks to J-Walk for the link.