01-01-2006, 12:30 PM
from BBC News Magazine: 100 things we didn't know this time last year:
full listof 100: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm
Quote:1. The UK's first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.
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2. Mohammed is now one of the 20 most popular names for boys born in England and Wales.
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3. While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's garden wall.
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full listof 100: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm