Trivial Pursuit

A couple of tidbits from the BBC's Magazine section's weekly 10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week:

1. Thirty percent of people with digital cameras never print their pictures.

5. California was the 12th largest source of greenhouse gasses last year - 41% of which is down to transport (as opposed to 28% in the UK).

6. British motorists are the most uptight in Europe, with 87% sometimes very annoyed by other drivers.

7. Almost all the leatherback turtles found dead in UK waters have died from ingesting discarded plastic bags, which they mistake for jellyfish, one of their main food sources.

A few things we might not have known, but have been affirmed... Mel Gibson is an ass... Joe Lieberman is a Republican at heart (confirmed by tactics such as these)... Michael Mann makes by-the-numbers genres movies seem operatic with his camera work (just saw Miami Vice today; not great, but gorgeously shot and edited)...