26Spongebob Squarepants
25% of Spongebob Squarepants viewers are adults with no children.
27. A toilet cleaner in the Netherlands was advertised using the slogan "We, the people at Toilet Duck, recommend Toilet Duck." The slogan is still being used as today a general saying to dispute the independence of an expert when his statements align with his self-interest.
28. After Fyre festival failing miserably and facing a class action lawsuit of $100 million, the company actually threatened legal action against attendees for tweeting negative comments about it.
29. Pregnancy physically changes a woman's brain structure. Grey matter volume is decreased in certain areas, giving mothers a higher capacity for empathy to help better understand their baby.
30. Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000 in 1876. The committee appointed to investigate the offer concluded the telephone was "hardly more than a toy" and "inherently of no use to us."
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31Nirvana
Nirvana's album cover on “Nevermind” was almost rejected by the label because you could see the babies’ penis. Kurt Cobain then said the only compromise he would take is placing a sticker over the penis saying “If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
32. “Jaywalking” was invented by car companies in the early 1900s to shift blame for accidents from motorists to pedestrians.
33. Daniel Radcliffe's parents initially turned him down for the role of Harry Potter in 'The Philosopher's Stone' because the initial plan was to shoot 6 films in Los Angeles. They accepted the role after filming was moved to the United Kingdom and the contract reduced to 2 movies.
34. “Schnapsidee” is the German word for a ridiculous idea that only sounds good when you are drunk.
35. Measles can wipe out the body's immune system "memory" of other diseases for years.
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RE: Fact #6 (Alzheimer) – they thought my father had Alzheimer’s in 2017. The doctors did an MRI and saw the frontal Cortez of the brain was shrunk back. Which shows Alzheimer’s not dementia.
Yes they can detect before death. He died 3 years later, death certificate listed Alzheimer’s as the cause