26Big Ben
Surveyors have found that the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster (Big Ben) has developed a tilt. Experts say even though the tilt is visible to the naked eye, at its current speed, it would take some 4,000 years to reach the angle of the Leaning Tower of PISA.
27. Scorsese's Wolf of Wall Street was funded by Riza Aziz who diverted $155 million from Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB economic development company. In addition, his step-father (Prime Minister Najib Razak) channeled $700 million into his personal account. 1MDB has no company address and was issued a $3 billion bond by Goldman Sachs.
28. Australia's largest cattle ranch (Anna Creek Station) is slightly larger than Israel.
29. In order to circumvent a ban on shorts, Swedish male train drivers have started wearing skirts to work.
30. The oldest mummies in the world are turning into black slime. Over 100 Chinchorro mummies found near the Atacama Desert in Chile are turning gelatinous due to bacterial growth associated with increasing humidity. The mummies date to ~5000 B.C.
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31Jesse Carmichael
Maroon 5 was banned from China after keyboardist Jesse Carmichael wished the Dalai Lama of Tibet a happy birthday on Twitter.
32. Ryan's Rule is a medical precedent in Queensland where, if a person feels their medical concerns are not being taken seriously, they can request a re-evaluation. This rule came about after a 3-year-old child died of a bacterial infection after a hospital doctor declined to perform blood tests.
33. Christmas was banned in Boston from 1659 to 1681.
34. The song 'Die Eier Von Satan' by American Rock band Tool is just a recipe of a cookie read very aggressively auf Duetsche.
35. Dickens' A Christmas Carol is largely responsible for modern Christmas celebrations.
