262021 Ford Bronco
Ford originally wanted to unveil the 2021 Ford Bronco on July 9, 2020. However, the debut was rescheduled for July 13 when it was pointed out that July 9 is the birthday of O.J. Simpson.
27. When his owner died in August 1936, Shep the Dog followed the casket to the railroad station and watched it being loaded onto a train heading to the eastern US. For six years until his own death, he would greet every train that arrived each day, expecting his master to return.
28. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) holds the record for the band having the most Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits (20) without a number one single in US chart history.
29. When sonar was first invented, operators were puzzled by the appearance of a ‘false seafloor’ that changed depth with the time of day and amount of moonlight. It was eventually identified to be a previously unknown layer of billions of lanternfish that reflect sonar waves and migrate up and down.
30. The giant-impact hypothesis says that 4.5 billion years ago, a planet named Theia collided with Earth. The collision resulted in the formation of the Moon and much of the water on Earth is from Theia. The remains of Theia can be found on both Earth and the Moon.
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31Patrick Stewart
As a teenager, Patrick Stewart worked as a newspaper reporter and obituary writer. After a year, his employer gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism. Stewart had been attending rehearsals during work time and then inventing the stories he reported.
32. Of all the gold medals won by US swimmers in the history of the Olympics, nearly 10% were won by Michael Phelps (23/246 as of June 2021).
33. Benjamin Bolger is a man with dyslexia who possesses 14 degrees. He is one of the most credentialed perpetual students in human history.
34. Nazi Germany made a New Testament Bible where they removed the genealogies of Jesus that showed his Davidic descent, removed Jewish names and places, but left any mention of Jews that showed them in a bad light, in an attempt to Aryanize Jesus.
35. In 1965, Arnold Schwarzenegger went AWOL from the Austrian Army (during the 1-year service required by the government) to attend a bodybuilding contest. He spent a week in military prison, but won the contest, propelling the opportunity for larger contests and, ultimately, his ticket to America.
