26Joe Perry
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry used to keep a roadie by the side of his stage who was instructed to give him a toot of cocaine through a straw whenever he wandered over pretending to need technical assistance.
27. The dimples on a golf ball allow it to travel up to twice the distance of a smooth ball. The dimples increase lift and decrease drag.
28. The 17th of March is not only Saint Patrick's Day, it’s also Saint Gertrude of Nevilles Day. She’s the patron saint of cats and cat lovers.
29. Cajun crayfish have invaded Africa. Not only do they have no natural predators there, but they eat so many native species that they are causing an ecological disaster.
30. Months after the Saturday Night Massacre, President Richard Nixon blamed the media, establishment, partisans and the special prosecutor's staff for trying to take him down, and still had many supporters.
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31Pigasus
A pig named Pigasus was nominated for US Presidency in 1968. The anti-war activists responsible demanded that the Pig be treated as candidate, including given security and access to briefings. Pigasus and his team were finally arrested during a “rally” and charged with disturbing the peace and bringing a pig to Chicago.
32. The state of Florida does not allow married couples to divorce while one of the partners is pregnant.
33. The Secret Service maintains an extensive “ink library” that houses samples of nearly every kind of ink that has ever been manufactured in the past century.
34. The 1982 video game "Ms. Pac-Man" was created as a response to the fact that a majority of Pac-Man players were female.
35. At the end of the extended edition of Fellowship Of The Ring, every single member of The Lord Of The Rings Official Fan Club that donated to the production of the film is thanked (~15,000 names) adding an additional 20 minutes to the runtime.
