Countries of the World

Famously anonymous graffiti artist Banksy was caught by police once, in New York in the late 1990s. Charged with vandalism, he spent 40 hours in a jail cell, paid a fine, and completed community service. Today, police would probably ask for his autograph.

If you think listening to Grandma is boring, try watching the Dwarf Seahorse. This tiresome bore moves at a pathetic 0.001 mph, making the sloth look like a party animal. In fact, if you watched it, you’d be forgiven to think that it wasn’t moving at all, or that it was in fact stone cold dead. It takes a whole hour to move just five feet. Grandma’s drifted off just thinking about the Dwarf Seahorse.

The decimal number system we use today seems like the obvious choice, given that we have ten fingers to count with. But in the olden days, people counted in dozens, not tens. Hence the word “hundred” – it derives from the old Norse “hundrath” and originally meant 120.