26Bourne Wood
Some of the scenes for Gladiator, Band of Brothers, Children of Men, Thor, and Coldplay's 'The Scientist' were all filmed in the same woodland (Bourne Wood) in Surrey.
27. In ice hockey, there are unofficial "Enforcers" whose job is to deter dirty or violent plays by the opposition by responding with even more violence.
28. Steve Jobs offered Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux a job at Apple under the condition he stopped developing for Linux. He declined the job offer.
29. In 1963, the Japanese government started awarding its centenarian citizens a commemorative silver sake cup on their 100th birthday. As years went by and more and more people were celebrating their 100th birthday, the size of the cup was shrunk and instead of it being silver, the cup was made with a silver-plated nickel alloy, which saved the Japanese government $1 million annually.
30. The success of the 1975 movie Rollerball, led to promoters wanting to buy the rights to the in-film sport. The director, Norman Jewison, was outraged as the movie showcased the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."
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31Doer Names
The popularity of "Doer" names for Boys, like Racer, Trooper, Charger, Wrangler, etc., rose by 1000% between 1980 and 2000. Since then it has largely stabilized at around 50,000 "Doer" named Boys per year.
32. There are only 20 ancient lakes (defined as carrying water for more than a million years) in the world, with only 3 in North America (Tahoe, Tule, Pingualuk). Nearly all of them are tectonic (i.e. rift zones) in origin; however, 2 are from meteorite craters (Pingualuk in Canada, Bosumtwi in Ghana)
33. In 1999, Tiger Woods hit a tee shot that landed behind a boulder. The boulder was ruled a 'loose impediment' which allowed it to be moved. Several of Tiger's gallery and his caddie worked together to move the boulder, allowing Tiger to birdie the hole.
34. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not the first such law to be passed in the U.S. It was rather the third one. The first one was passed in 1866. It was re-enacted in 1870 because many in Congress were concerned that the original law was not enforceable without the 14th Amendment. This was then overturned by the United States Supreme Court in 1883.
35. During the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein built a defensive line filled with trenches and tunnels, hoping to engage the coalition in trench warfare similar to the ones seen during World War 1. US forces however charged ahead with modified bulldozers and simply plowed through the Iraqi trenches, burying many of their soldiers alive.
