26Monty Python
In 1971, the original tapes for Monty Python were almost erased and destroyed by the BBC. This was intended as a cost-saving measure to reuse the tapes. Terry Gilliam bought them all and saved them.
27. The crying Indian in the Keep America Beautiful ad was really an Italian guy named Espera "Oscar" de Conti. He moved to Hollywood, changed his name to Iron Eyes Cody and had a 60-year career as an Indian. Even after being found out he still claimed to be Cherokee and Cree, not Sicilian.
28. Dutch authorities created over 300 little "parks" for bees on top of bus stop shelters in Utrecht; roofs are planted with low-maintenance sedum providing a safe habitat for bees. Over 50% of Netherlands' 358 bee species are endangered. Human commuters get with bamboo benches and LED lighting.
29. A study found that after a 90-minute workout, athletes who ate organic peanut butter, Clif Shot Bloks, Cytomax powder, PowerBars, and Gatorade showed no difference in insulin, glucose, cholesterol, or triglyceride levels compared to athletes who ate hotcakes, OJ, a hash brown, a hamburger, fries, and Coke.
30. During a concert in Ireland, Dave Mustaine (of Megadeth) drunkenly dedicated a song to "the cause" and yelled, "give Ireland back to the Irish!". A riot then broke out between the Catholics and Protestants and Megadeath had to travel in a bulletproof bus.
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31Tycho Brahe
Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe who owned roughly 1% of all the money in Denmark, wore a nose made of gold after losing his own in a duel. He also had a pet moose that he sent out to attend parties in his place until it one night when it got so drunk that it fell down a flight of stairs and broke its neck.
32. The band Fleetwood Mac seriously considered thanking their drug dealer in their album credits for rumors. They ultimately decided against it after their drug dealer was murdered.
33. It took only 48 days to shoot the movie Deadpool which released in 2016.
34. Cartoon character Betty Boop was a complete visual and vocal copy of singer/actress Helen Kane, AKA the "Boop Boop a Doop girl." Kane sued over theft of her image but lost when it was discovered she had copied her own act from a Harlem jazz singer, Baby Esther.
35. ZZ Top is the longest-running group with an unchanged line-up in the entire history of popular music.
