26Shawn Bradley
Former NBA player and devout Mormon, Shawn Bradley, was once fined $10,000 for not going to a mandatory team meeting at a strip club.
27. X% of Y is the same as Y% of X, so for example, 32% of 50 is the same as 50% of 32, which is 16.
28. During Prohibition in the US, it was illegal to buy or sell alcohol, but it was not illegal to drink it. Some wealthy people bought out entire liquor stores before it passed to ensure they still had alcohol to drink.
29. Patrick Stewart hated having pet fish in Picard's ready room on Star Trek: The Next Generation, considering it an affront to a show that valued the dignity of different species.
30. Jules Verne's shelved 1863 novel "Paris in the Twentieth Century" predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet. His publisher deemed it pessimistic and lackluster. It was discovered in 1989 and published 5 years later.
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31Neil Armstrong
In 1972, Neil Armstrong visited the town of Langholm, Scotland, in which he was read a 400-year-old law declaring any Armstrong caught in the town should be hanged.
32. The Scrubs show has one of the most accurate portrayals of the actual way a hospital runs and all of its medical cases are taken from real-life medical cases.
33. Christopher Walken is one of only two actors (the other being Alec Baldwin) to have a standing offer from Lorne Michaels to host Saturday Night Live whenever his schedule permits. Thus far he has hosted the show 7 times, his most famous appearance is the "More Cowbell!" sketch.
34. Paul McCartney, as a vegetarian and animal rights activist, only agreed to appear on The Simpsons if Lisa's decision to become a vegetarian in that episode was made permanent. He is literally the only reason Lisa is still a vegetarian.
35. The food in Alcatraz Prison was so good that the guards and prison staff ate the same exact meals as the prisoners. This was because the warden believed most trouble in prison is caused by bad food.
