26John Bates
The world record for most perfect games of Wii Sports Bowling played is held by an 85-year-old named John Bates. He played 20,000 games perfectly over a period of 7 years.
27. The highest point from the Earth's center is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, due to the Earth not being a perfect sphere.
28. Japan does not inform inmates of their execution date, instead of notifying them about an hour before.
29. Scientists debunked the “people look left when lying” myth by studying adults in press conferences appealing for information about missing family members. They tracked the eye movements of speakers who were later convicted of murdering the “missing” loved one.
30. In 2004, Ecuadorians synchronized their watches simultaneously to combat the chronic lateness that was costing their economy $2.5 billion per year.
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31Ralph Bakshi
Filmmaker Ralph Bakshi grew up in an all-black neighborhood in Washington, D.C. and got his mother's permission to attend the local segregated school with his friends. The school called the police and, afraid whites would riot if they learned that a white student was attending, expelled him.
32. Stan Lee was a World War 2 veteran. He was enlisted after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
33. Tupac Shakur auditioned to play the role of Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace.
34. The Collyer brothers, Homer and Langley, filled their house with over 100 tons of random objects. Langley constructed a maze of tunnels, complete with deadly booby traps, to protect his brother, who never left his room. Langley was killed by his own traps, and Homer starved to death.
35. William Goldman, the writer of 'The Princess Bride', wrote the screenplay for his two daughters, who were 7 and 4 at the time. He asked them what they wanted to be in the story, with one saying a princess and one being a bride. He told them "That'll be the title."
