26Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time (2 billion books sold), and her estate claims she ranks 3rd overall, behind Shakespeare's works and the Bible. She is the most-translated author with works in at least 103 languages. "And Then There Were None" is her best selling book.
27. The costumes Michael Jackson wore at the end of his shows had to be smaller than the costume he wore at the beginning since he sweated so much during each concert that he physically shrunk.
28. In 1903, a pair of nearly identical strangers named Will West and William West ended up in the same prison in Kansas. This case helped the fingerprint technology to become widely accepted by law enforcement agencies in the United States.
29. A Finnish soldier named Aimo Koivunen during World War 2, over-dosed on amphetamines, lost his squad, laid in a ditch for a week after stepping on a landmine, then traveled over 250 miles on skis, was found alive only weighing 94 pounds. He went on to live another 45 years.
30. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family does not believe James Earl Ray assassinated him and that he was framed for a government conspiracy.
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31Zealandia
The Earth has another continent called Zealandia. The entire continent sank after breaking away from Australia around 65-80 million years ago.
32. Mr. Wizard's science television program—running from 1951 to 1965—was so influential in inspiring people to pursue science careers that approximately 50% of all applicants to Rockefeller University throughout the 1960s-1970s in New York cited him when they were asked how they first became interested in science.
33. The USS Niagara was intentionally sunk in 1820 for preservation and raised 93 years later for restoration.
34. Colorblind people can see the differences in texture and brightness more intensely than non-colorblind people and they were even used in World War 2 to spot camouflage.
35. Hitler had France surrender in the same railway carriage at the same spot France and England made Germany surrender in World War 1.
