1Bone seekers
There are radioactive elements called "bone seekers" because they are chemically similar to calcium and the body tries to use them to build bones.
2. Most birds dislike the taste of monarch butterflies because they still contain poisons from when they were caterpillars (monarch caterpillars' favorite meal is poisonous milkweed).
3. LEGO refuses to make sets that are military themed despite the fact they are forfeiting profits. This is because the company has a policy not to portray war as child's play. They state that they want their play experiences to remain in the "realm of fantasy".
4. The island (Pheasant island) of Faisans in the middle of the Bidasoa river, on the border of Spain and France, switches countries every six months. This was agreed to as part of the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. This sort of joint sovereignty is called a condominium.
5. In 1996, an American pathologist named Beck Weathers was left for dead twice after falling into the coma while climbing Mount Everest. At some point, his body warmed up and he regained consciousness. Blind, numb and severely frostbitten, he stumbled 300 yards into Camp IV. He was saved in the 2nd highest altitude helicopter rescue in history.
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6Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell wanted to abolish sign language and believed deaf people to be inferior. He proposed many ideas to breed a more “nobleman” and reduce the intermarrying of the “deaf and dumb”.
7. Nigeria has a space program and has successfully launched several satellites into orbit.
8. The limo JFK was assassinated in went to on be used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977.
9. Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was first used as a recreational party drug by Britain's wealthy class in the 1700s before it was ever utilized for medical reasons.
10. Because of the Universe's expansion, a signal from an event happening at present will never reach the Earth if the event is more than 16 billion light-years away.
11Bootstrap Paradox
The Bootstrap Paradox is a time travel paradox in which an object or information can exist without ever being created. The object or piece of information is sent back in time where it is retrieved to become the very object or piece of information that was brought back in the beginning.
12. The founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, was dyslexic. Most of his products were identifiable by a set of numbers, but Kamprad had trouble remembering the codes for each product due to his disease. The unique Swedish names of IKEA’s furniture were his way of identifying his products.
13. Killer Whale is a mistranslation of Whale Killer. Orcas are part of the dolphin family and hunt whales.
14. The world is facing a global sand crisis because sand and gravel mining greatly exceeds natural renewal rate.
15. There is a liquid you can breathe safely when submerged in. It is used for lung injury.
16Citizenship
More than 30 countries sell citizenship or residence permits for cash. In Thailand, the cost is $10,000, while fast-track residence in the UK requires $10 million.
17. The Ayam cemani chiken aka the Lamborghini of chickens is a breed of chicken that is completely black, including the organs and the bones. The price of this chickens is above $2,500.
18. The cost of an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron is $20,000.
19. The "Wa" in Wario and Waluigi isn't an upturned M, it's actually a portmanteau of Mario and Luigi's name and the Japanese adjective warui which means "bad", literally translating to "bad Mario" or "bad Luigi".
20. Orangutans have been known to wash themselves with soap because they have seen us doing it. It has no benefit to them, they just do it anyway.
2160-mile conveyer belt
There is a 60-mile conveyer belt in Morocco that carries phosphorus from mines in Western Sahara to the Atlantic Ocean. It can be seen from space.
22. George Lucas originally approached Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, and Robert Zemeckis to direct the Prequel Trilogy, but all of them refused, each saying almost the exact same thing; "George, you should do it!"
23. The first episode of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ featured Steve Irwin and his wife, Terry, trapping and handling crocodiles on their honeymoon.
24. The last words of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was “I’m bored with it all." It was spoken after suffering a stroke at the age of 90.
25. Upon reading all of the 18 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica he had received as gift for his enthronement, Shah Fat'h Ali of Persia decided to change his official title to include "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopaedia Britannica."
