26Bottlenose dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins have the longest memory among non-humans. They can recognize the whistles of their mates after being separated for more than 20 years.
27. In 2009, Amtrak police arrested a guy named Duane P. Kerzic for taking pictures of trains as they pulled into New York City's Penn Station. He was trespassing and acting suspicious, people claimed. Why he was there for actually came to light later. The reason was he wanted to take photos for his entry into Amtrak's "Picture Our Train" contest.
28. Sperm whales are so-called because their heads are filled with large amounts of oily fluid, which whalers thought was sperm. Scientists still aren't sure what it's there for.
29. In 1940, the Germans conquered Denmark so quickly, the Danes didn't have time to formally declare war against them. They surrendered after 2 hours.
30. In 2013, a Huffington Post poll was run where only 20% of respondents identified as Feminists, but 82% of respondents claimed that "men and women should be social, political, and economic equals."
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31Moufdi Zakaria
The Algerian national anthem was first written in blood on a prison cell wall by an Algerian revolutionary named Moufdi Zakaria who was imprisoned by the French colonial regime.
32. Hippos often enjoy licking massive crocodiles.
33. Actor Paul Marcarelli - the Verizon Wireless' "Can you hear me now?" guy - told "The Atlantic" magazine that the catchphrase plagues him so much that someone even said it to him at his grandmother's funeral as her casket was being lowered into the cemetery plot.
34. There is a band called 'NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ' (pronounced 'Nanocyborg Uberholocaust') originating from Antarctica. It was formed by two scientists who happened to have similar tastes in music. Their first album, 'The Ultimate Fate of the Universe', was recorded at the exact south pole.
35. The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometers away.
