26Blue eyes
Blue eyes don’t have blue pigment and are instead blue for the same reason that water and the sky are blue: they scatter light so that only blue light reflects out.
27. An unnamed Viking warrior was tasked with guarding a narrow (4 people wide) bridge against the Saxons in 1066. He survived constant attack for 1 hour until a clever Saxon floated down the river in a barrel and piked him in the groin from under the bridge.
28. Disney is an anglicized version of the French name “D’Isigny”, meaning “From Isigny”. Descendants from the same ancestors as Walt formed a cheese company in France. They sometimes collaborate and make Mickey-themed cheese packages.
29. When Alfred Hitchcock got the rights to the novel that originated 'Psycho', he bought all copies to keep the plot twists under wraps.
30. Pilots departing from California's John Wayne Airport are required by law to cut their engines and pitch nose down shortly after takeoff for about 6 miles in order to reduce noise in the residential area below.
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31Pizzeria
The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in USA is “Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria”, which is in Anchorage, Alaska. It cashes in annual sales of over $6 million.
32. Honey bees make decisions collectively and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that literally includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building.
33. Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe from the sitcom 'Friends') published an academic paper in neurology the same year that F.R.I.E.N.D.S debuted on TV.
34. The "Where do we go now?" ending to Guns N' Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' was born from the band not knowing how to finish that part of the song.
35. Before the discovery of electricity, theatre spotlights produced light by directing a flame at calcium oxide (quicklime). These kinds of lights were called limelights and this is the origin of the phrase “in the limelight” to mean “at the center of attention.”
