26Strait of Gibraltar
There used to be a Latin warning describing the Strait of Gibraltar: "NON PLUS ULTRA", or "Nothing further beyond". After Spain reaped huge rewards proving that this wasn't quite true, they made their national motto "PLUS ULTRA", or "Further beyond".
27. Tom Cruise had Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Leah Remini and others over at his house and tried to play hide-and-seek with them, going so far as to run off into 3 acres of land.
28. Astronauts attach pieces of velcro into their helmets to scratch their noses during spacewalks.
29. "Drop bears" are an Australian hoax intended to frighten outsiders and tourists by convincing them that some treetops were inhabited by sharp-toothed flesh-eating koala that could drop down from great heights (8 + meters) and attack.
30. The code to inform US troops that South Vietnam was lost and should be evacuated instantly was a weather report followed by the song, "White Christmas"... in April.
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31Linda P.B. Katehi
The Chancellor of UC Davis (Linda P.B. Katehi) was fired after giving her family jobs with unusual pay hikes. She was later rehired at UC Davis at nearly the same pay rate, with her new job requiring that she teach only one class per quarter.
32. The CEO of low budget airline Ryan Air (Michael O'Leary) wanted to charge passengers £1 to use the onboard toilets. The policy was never implemented because it violated EU regulations.
33. The population of the Czech Republic has traditionally been irreligious for a very long time. Ever since the 1600's, the Czech people have been described as "tolerant and even indifferent towards religion".
34. In 1975, an American entrepreneur named Gary Dahl invented the pet rock. He took rocks from a Mexico beach and, over the course of only half a year, would sell each rock for $4, making himself over $1.5 million.
35. Between 1983-2000, 96% of US plane crash victims survived.
