26Mr. Rogers
Mr. Rogers used a set of 9 simple rules when talking to children. He did this to be more inclusive and avoid confusion because he knew children would often hear things literally.
27. Police in the UK can legally break into any person's house under the Bees Act 1980 if they suspect it contains foreign bees.
28. Medicine cabinets are one of the worst places to store medicine because of the high temperatures and humidities of bathrooms.
29. A radio station organized a bonfire to burn Beatles records after they claimed they were "more popular than Jesus". The next day, the station’s broadcast tower was struck by lightning, damaging equipment and sending the news director to the hospital.
30. Alex Trebek purchased 62 acres in the Hollywood Hills and donated it to a Santa Monica Conservancy.
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31John Le Carré
In an attempt to make his spy novels feel more authentic, author John Le Carré is credited with coining a number of terms for his fictional intelligence agency (terms like the mole, honey trap, pavement artist, asset babysitter) which have become common terms used in real intelligence agencies.
32. The New York City Ballet has a shoe budget of $780,000: the dancers go through 500 to 800 pairs of pointe shoes performing The Nutcracker over 6 weeks and use up even more pairs in 2 weeks performing Swan Lake.
33. Actor Joel McHale once took an Uber from Rochester, New York to Manhattan. His flight out was canceled and he needed to get to his appearance on Jimmy Fallon, so he spent $700 on a (350 mile, 5-6 hour) Uber ride and paid $200 in tips, as well as paid the driver additional money for his gas back.
34. Harry Potter has been translated to Ancient Greek so that students of the dead language would have something fun to decipher.
35. If sound could travel through empty space, we would be able to hear the sun at 125 decibels from Earth's surface. In comparison, 120 decibels is a train horn about one meter away from you.
