26Charles Manson
When Charles Manson (Cult leader) was a child, his mom sold him for a pitcher of beer to a woman who wanted to have children.
27. Video game voice actors aren't always told which game they're working on.
28. Levi's stopped using the rivet at the bottom of the fly because when people would crouch in front of campfires the rivet would conduct the heat from the fire and burn their crotch.
29. In 1984, Ronald Reagan sent the Soviet Army on high alert after saying "We begin bombing in five minutes" as a joke while doing a sound check.
30. In order for MIT students to graduate, they must pass a swim test as it's deemed "a self-survival skill."
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31Portugal flag
The golden circle on the flag of Portugal represents an armillary sphere, a nautical device used by Portuguese sailors exploring unknown seas during the 'Age of Discoveries'.
32. The dogs that were used to patrol the Berlin Wall were adopted out after it came down, and when walking where it once stood would "move as if tethered to an unseen leash, with absolute certainty, following the old border along its zigzags through the city".
33. A seed (Methuselah) from the previously extinct Judean date palm was revived and managed to sprout after nearly 2,000 years.
34. The US Treasury planned to replace Alexander Hamilton's face on the $10 bill with a notable woman (Harriet Tubman) from US history but decided to instead change Jackson's face on the $20 bill, almost entirely due to the popularity of "Hamilton".
35. The Polish medal for couples who have made it to 50 years of marriage has a higher rank than the medal for deployment to Afghanistan.
