26Controversial Mr. T Snickers Ad
A European Snickers commercial titled "Get Some Nuts," featuring Mr. T using a vehicle-mounted rotary machine gun to pelt Snickers bars at a speedwalker, branding him a "disgrace to the man race," was withdrawn in 2008 following complaints of homophobia in the United States.
27. Arsenic was once marketed as a beauty product in the late 1800s. Women would nibble on wafers laced with arsenic or even use it for washing, hoping to attain a complexion free of "freckles, blackheads, and pimples."
28. Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain, filed for divorce from her first husband, Isaiah Silva, in 2016, after a marriage of less than two years. Their legal battle included a dispute over Kurt's guitar, which he played during his MTV Unplugged performance in November 1993. The court ultimately awarded it to Silva.
29. When Mike Meaney embarked on his record attempt to be buried alive, he omitted to inform his wife about his plan. She discovered it through a radio broadcast. He conducted workouts in a pub while confined in an oversized coffin, subsisted on a diet of steak and cigarettes, and endured 61 days buried alive.
30. When humans take a breath, they replenish only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. In contrast, when dolphins breathe, they refresh 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.
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31Patented Orbital Trajectories
Orbital trajectories are subject to patents, and a telecommunications satellite was once abandoned after a necessary maneuver turned out to be owned by Boeing.
32. During the 1800s, Hawai'i became one of the world's most literate nations, with over 90% of the population proficient in reading and writing. Even King Kamehameha III proudly declared, "He aupuni palapala ko'u" ("I have a kingdom of education").
33. To maintain the attention of young military recruits, the Nazis' Tiger Tank manual was filled with lewd jokes, limericks, and explicit content. The manual also featured a voluptuous blond character named Elvira, often sketched in red to make her stand out.
34. Of the 920 people at Jonestown, only two survived the massacre: Hyacinth, who hid under her bed, and 79-year-old Grover Cleveland Davis, who, hard of hearing, unknowingly slept through the tragic event.
35. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) boasts the largest budget of any US intelligence agency, despite maintaining a nearly nonexistent federal workforce.
