26Beards
Researchers found that beards were only more attractive if they were uncommon. In a study, if researchers showed a single bearded man amongst many shaved men, the bearded person was ranked as more attractive. If shown amongst other bearded men, it lost its benefit.
27. Actress Nancy Carell who played Carol Stills on The Office has been married to Steve Carrel since 1995.
28. Green bell peppers are just unripe versions of red peppers.
29. In 2007, a lottery scratchcard in England was canceled because too many customers weren’t able to figure out which of the two negative numbers was higher.
30. William Moulton Marston, the creator of DC Superhero Wonder Woman was a psychologist who also invented the polygraph machine. This was his reason behind Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth. He also believed women were emotionally superior to men and that one day U.S. would be a matriarchy.
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31English
There are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers.
32. The Oxford Electric Bell has been continuously ringing at the Oxford University since 1840. They are powered by the “World's most durable battery” and the secret behind its durability is a mystery because according to Oxford University, opening the device could potentially “ruin an experiment to see how long it will last.”
33. American and British militaries use Silly Strings to detect tripwires. The strings will settle onto the ground in areas without tripwires, but will catch onto any that is present. The silly string reveals the wire, but don’t set it off due to being lightweight.
34. Prince Harry served in Afghanistan for 10 weeks in 2007-08. He had to be pulled out of the country after an Australian newspaper reported on his presence in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
35. Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell who watched long lines of customers at a Mexican restaurant. He ate there regularly, attempting to reverse-engineer the taco recipe, and eventually persuaded the owners to show him how they were prepared. With this knowledge, he opened a stand selling tacos.
