26Maxcy Filer
A man named Maxcy Filer took the California State Bar Exam 48 times before he finally passed and transitioned from being his son's law clerk to his son's law partner.
27. When drivers began using radar detectors, police forces began purchasing radar detector detectors, which led to radar detector manufacturers adding radar detector detector detector circuits to their devices.
28. There was a Canadian ad campaign for "Diamond Shreddies", which were just the original square Shreddies, rotated 45°.
29. Two rats will stop playing with each other if the bigger one doesn’t let the smaller one win at least 30% of the time.
30. We evolved to like spices because they have antimicrobial properties, thus, reducing food poisoning, especially in hot climates.
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31Robert Redford
American actor Robert Redford badly wanted the lead role in 1967's, 'The Graduate,' but was rejected by director Mike Nicholls because he didn't think Redford could play a loser. 'Let's put it this way," Nicholls reportedly said, "Have you ever struck out with a girl?" "What do you mean?" asked Redford.
32. On his travels through the Arctic, naturalist George Steller described a mysterious creature known as the Danish Sea Ape. While this has since perplexed scientists, evidence indicates that he was not describing an animal, but rather subtly mocking the ship's Danish captain, who he despised.
33. The theory of “monster under the bed” is probably an evolutionary leftover from our hunter/gatherer days. Children would fear bedtime because of the threat of wild animals.
34. The most accurate simulation of the human brain ever has been achieved, but a single second’s worth of brain activity took one of the world’s largest supercomputers 40 minutes to calculate.
35. The highest paid official of the United States government is Bill Johnson, the chief executive officer of the federally owned power and utilities company, the Tennessee Valley Authority. His annual salary is $5.9 million.
