Thanks to the BBC for these.
To see the top 100 visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25298982
But here are what I think are the best / most relevant / scientific / funny Top 10 from 2013!
It's easier to pick wet things up with wrinkled fingers - suggesting an evolutionary reason for getting "prune fingers" in the bath.
Horse-eating is called Hippophagy.
There are more deer in the UK now than at any time since the last Ice Age.
The French call a walkie-talkie a talkie-walkie.
You need an 8ft-high table to ensure toast lands butter side up when dropped.
Red underwear is popular in Wales, while those in North-West England buy a lot of thongs.
Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog's point of view) - and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
The most effective time to drink coffee is between 09:30 and 11:30.
The pope used to work as a bouncer.
Americans pronounce gifs as "jifs".
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