26Jeff Baxter
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist for Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers is a ballistic missile expert who regularly contracts with the Department of Defense.
27. There were 2 DC heroes called Dogwelder, whose power was to weld dogs to people. Dogwelder II sacrificed himself to save the universe by welding two suns together.
28. In Oklahoma, there exists a ghost town named Picher, which is so polluted from lead mining that leftover minerals have caused the rivers to turn red. Children who went swimming in the arsenic-filled water thought they were just getting sunburnt. In reality, they were covered in chemical burns.
29. Loofah sponges come from luffa plants, a species of the gourd with edible fruits. Once dried and peeled, they reveal a matrix of tough fibrous tissues inside that act as wonderful natural sponges.
30. By following USDA dietary guidelines, you can't simultaneously meet both their potassium and sodium intakes.
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31Sugar
Sugar rushes were determined to be a myth in 1985 (and again in 1995)
32. The Environmental Protection Agency was founded as a response to an overly polluted river (Cuyahoga River) catching fire in 1969.
33. The movie Wall-E angered fat pride groups for its message towards obese people.
34. The Olympic Rings (actually designed in 1912) were mistakingly thought to be an ancient Greek symbol after researchers in the 1950s found a stone with the symbol carved on it in Delphi. The stone turned out to be a leftover from a ceremony held there for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
35. Within 48 hours of quitting smoking, your sense of smell and taste begin to return to normal.
