20 things I learnt from Interesting2008

Yesterday was interesting. Here are 20 things I learnt that were interesting:

1. Clowns are funniest when they don’t do much

2. Light can be like a felt tip pen on cheap paper
– the grain of the universe

3. I really like scotch eggs and will now google ‘the handmade scotch egg company’

4. Verbing weirds language

5. Badly written mildly thrilling abridged audiobooks cure insomnia

6. Churchill was graceful

7. Biscuit is a funny word. Words are more funny if they have a ‘k’ sound in them

8. If you poo in the morning, it aides your digestion

9. In booze, civilisation! Preference for booze is evolutionary. Fruit is very clever. Nature is magic

10. Rhopography is the study of the oft overlooked, like vacumn cleaners

11. You can make magic out of old bits of computer parts

12. Laxtose intolerance is racists against cheese. 87% of dairy products are silent.

13. Old skool animation is AMAZING

14. Acousmatic is a sound where you cannot see the source of the sound

15. Hiraeth is a Welsh word with no English translation bit it’s a nice word with a spiritual meaning

16. The transition between anonymity and recognition of you is interesting, especially on the internets

17. Some people use The Guardian to talk to each other

18. Scribbling is studied clumsiness

19. You must talk to your children before it’s too late and they grow up stupid

20. Studying beards aides war