26Canada
Canada's Northwest Territories launched a process in 1996 to find a new name. They dropped the matter when "Bob" emerged as a frontrunner.
27. Chad Pregracke, who, when he was 23, after witnessing immense levels of trash on the Mississippi River in Illinois, started a nonprofit to address it. Since then, they have removed 5,000 tons of trash from the Mississippi and its tributaries.
28. Keanu Reeves was the last choice for the role of "Neo" from The Matrix. Brad Pitt was first to accept before declining. Leonardo DiCaprio later accepted before declining. Others considered were Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Kevin Costner, David Duchovny, and Tom Cruise.
29. The infamous Shirts against the Blouses basketball game in Chappelle’s Show actually happened and Prince was as good as Charlie Murphy says he was. Prince also had blueberry pancakes served after the game.
30. DNA evidence shows that groups in the Amazon are more closely related to indigenous Australians than Native Americans.
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31Scott Amos
A California man named Scott Amos found an unopened copy of a 1987 Nintendo game called Kid Icarus in his mom's attic. It was still in the original shopping bag along with a receipt showing it cost $38.45. He later sold the game at auction for $9,000.
32. In 1967, Paul McCartney forgot his passport when traveling to France to shoot a music video. He told the agents, ‘You know who I am so why do you need to see a photograph of me in a passport?’ And was let through.
33. Goats are completely immune to poison ivy, oak, and sumac. They love the stuff and can eat several pounds a day.
34. Since 2007, all of McDonald's delivery trucks in the UK have been fueled by used cooking oil from their restaurants.
35. Queen Elizabeth II specifically asked to be in a James Bond skit with Daniel Craig for the Olympics, breaking royal protocol. When asked if she would like to say something she said, "Of course I must say something. After all, he is coming to rescue me."
