26The Stig
Top Gear's "tame racing driver", The Stig, would often eat his lunch in the back of an ambulance to avoid being identified. He would also remain in his racing overalls and helmet throughout the day and would put on a French-like accent when talking.
27. Dennis Rodman started dying his hair blonde after seeing Wesley Snipes’ character in the movie Demolition Man.
28. Legendary musician Prince passed away leaving no will detailing how to distribute his multi-million dollar estate. Within 3 weeks of his death, more than 700 people claimed to be his half-sibling or descendant.
29. Breathing 100% pure oxygen for more than 16 hours can lead to irreversible lung damage, damage to the retinas, and eventually, death.
30. Dr. Jane Goodall set herself apart from traditional conventions by naming the animals in her studies of primates instead of assigning each a number. This also led her to develop a close bond with the chimpanzees and to become, to this day, the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society.
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31Asbestos Cloth
Romans weaved asbestos fibers into a cloth-like material that was then sewn into tablecloths and napkins. These clothes were cleaned by throwing them into a blistering fire, from which they came out unharmed and whiter than when they went in.
32. Researchers have proposed the creation of atomic priesthood similar to Catholic Church to solve the problem of communicating to humans 10,000 years from now about nuclear waste sites. It is proposed that they can preserve information about the locations and danger of nuclear waste using rituals and myths.
33. The Illuminati is present in modern conspiracy theories largely due to some prank letters published in Playboy magazine in the 1960s.
34. Only in the twentieth century did humans decide that the dandelion was a weed. Before the invention of lawns, the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves were more likely to be praised as a bounty of food, medicine, and magic. Gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions.
35. Victor Hugo wrote the "Hunchback of Notre-Dame" to inform people of the value of Gothic architecture, which was being neglected and destroyed at the time. This explains the large descriptive sections of the book, which far exceed the requirements of the story.
