Mmmm.... pit latrine
Tom Whitwell kept track during the year of interesting new facts and stories that he learned about.
The list of 52 things includes, with citations:
A Japanese insurance company is offering policies that cover social media backlash.
Australian musicians have performed with a synthesiser controlled by a petri dish of live human neurons.
PornHub used 1,892 petabytes of bandwidth in 2015, equivalent to filling all the storage on all of the iPhones sold in 2015 with porn.
The most expensive search keyword in the UK is “Play Live Blackjack”. One ad click on that results page could cost the advertiser £148.51.
A Swiss perfume company worked with the Gates Foundation to create an artificial scent that smells exactly like a pit latrine.
(h/t Kottke)