1Chris Evans
Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor and Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.
2. In pre-modern times people brought their own silver spoons to the table, carrying them everywhere they went. Silver spoons were an indication of wealth, hence the saying "born with a silver spoon in his mouth."
3. There is a soccer team (Athletic Bilbao) in Spain that since 1912 has only signed players who were born or raised in the Basque Country (where less than 7% of Spain's population live). Despite that, the team is one of the most successful teams in Spain and is one of the only teams never to be relegated
4. Fika is a concept in Swedish culture that means "to have coffee, cake, and a chit-chat". It's a big part of the culture and most companies have two daily Fika breaks at 9 am and at 3 pm.
5. The average member of the U.S. Congress makes $174,000 per year and it has been that way since 2009
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6Sentinelese
The Sentinelese, an indigenous population that lives on North Sentinel Island. They have lived there virtually untouched by modern civilization for thousands of years. Any intruders on their island have been met with lethal hostility.
7. Unmarried Iranian people who have sex or even date and hold hands can be arrested, fined, or flogged. Sigheh or temporary marriage is a loophole to this. People can marry for a few minutes or as long as 99 years.
8. In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers but didn't publicize it until after it had happened. This way, only those who could travel back in time would be able to attend.
9. Sprouts that come out of old potatoes are poisonous and can cause an array of symptoms ranging from vomiting to paralysis.
10. Before he ever wrote a feature film, Mel Brooks made an animated short where he improvised the voice of an old Jewish man forced to sit through an art house film. That short was called The Critic and it won him an Oscar.
11Blood donation
Not only does regularly donating blood help others, but it has shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 88%
12. Scottish Town Arnprior population of 200 people painted wiggly lines on a straight road to confuse and slow down fast drivers.
13. Obsession used to refer to being controlled by demons outside your body (whereas possession was being controlled by demons inside the body)
14. The walk disturbance (where a person is so worried about how they walk that they may lose balance) may appear with social anxiety, especially when passing a group of people.
15. IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder's name, a farm where he grew up, and hometown.
16Holland water lines
Netherlands has a plan where flooding the country could be used as a defense strategy and this can easily be done by destroying various flood defenses in case of attack by a foreign country.
17. Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray was estimated to have drunk 73,000 Budweisers during his lifetime.
18. Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas had to abandon all of its land north of Missouri's southern border to be added as a slave state. It then went unassigned to any territory for 45 years.
19. Dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.
20. Over 2000 large man-made tunnels, known as "Erdstall", have been discovered across Europe, and nobody knows who made them or why
21When we rub our eyes
The reason we see stars/shapes when we rub our eyes is that our brain doesn't know the difference between light and pressure when either stimulates the cells in our eyes
22. Cows with personal names like Betsy give 5% more milk than cows with no name or impersonal names like “cow 12345”
23. In Indonesian, there is a word for 'A joke told so poorly, and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh.'
24. After the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching on the Hudson (aka "Miracle on the Hudson"), officials captured and gassed 1,235 Canadian geese and destroyed 1,739 goose eggs across New York City.
25. The Texas Capitol once held a poll to rename their waste disposal department. The winning entry was 'The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts.'
