100 things we didn't know this time last year

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From the BBC site, so it's slightly slated towards British findings, but fascinating nonethless. The list includes geeky highlights like: Actor James Doohan, who played Scotty, had a hand in creating the Klingon language that was used in the movies, and which Shakespeare plays were subsequently translated into.

And not so geeky things, like: It's possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear. A 55-year-old factory worker from China reportedly discovered 20 years ago that air leaked from his ears, and he can now inflate balloons and blow out candles.

Nifty.