26Chainmail
All of the chainmail in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy was made by hand, link by link.
27. A 2004 marketing study described Generation X as “the least parented, least nurtured generations in U.S. history.”
28. In 1842, Queen Victoria had a pistol aimed at her while she was riding a carriage, but the gun misfired and the assassin escaped. The next day she deliberately took the same route to bait the assassin, who subsequently caught.
29. In 1998, Nestle trademarked the tubular packaging of Smarties. It later sued Masterfoods Denmark which marketed M&Ms in a similar package. The Supreme Court of Denmark later ruled that a basic geometrical shape couldn't be trademarked, and ordered the trademark to be removed.
30. In addition, Fire Department red and Police red and blue, some states reserve purple lights expressly for funeral procession escort vehicles.
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31Skinny Buddha
The historical Buddha was not obese, and the image we commonly associate with Buddha is actually a completely different person.
32. Plants of the Fenestraria genus produce optical fibers made from crystalline oxalic acid to transmit light to subterranean photosynthetic sites.
33. In 2007, Scotland spent £125,000 devising a new national slogan. The winning entry was: ‘Welcome to Scotland.’
34. An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in Witwatersrand, South Africa.
35. Clothes are exempt from sales tax in New York if it's under $110.
