26Whistleblower
In 2019, a corporate whistleblower revealed that Apple contractors ‘regularly hear confidential details’ on Siri recordings and have even heard drug deals, medical details, and people having sex.
27. The ‘Memorial in memory of the burning of books’ in Berlin, Germany is a library that is built underground. It is not accessible to the public, and can only be viewed through a glass plate that shows enough empty bookcases to hold 20,000 books, the amount burned in a book-burning event on May 10, 1933.
28. There is an Antarctic dialect of English, which has developed among researchers in Antarctica who have their own slang and speech patterns. Since this is one of the few linguistically isolated areas in the world, it is being used to understand how dialects originate.
29. When Steven Spielberg re-enrolled at California State, Long Beach to earn his BA more than 30 years after dropping out, he was given three-course credits in paleontology for making Jurassic Park.
30. On the set of Kill Bill, Uma Thurman had been on a serious car crash because director Quentin Tarantino insisted she perform her own driving stunts. Thurman knew the car wasn't safe but Tarantino insisted and she caved. Thurman permanently damaged her neck and her knee.
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31I-40 bridge disaster
During the response to a major bridge collapse (I-40 bridge) in Oklahoma in 2002, an ex-con took command of the disaster site by impersonating a US Army Captain. He directed FBI agents, appropriated vehicles and equipment, and led the rescue/recovery effort for two days before fleeing the scene.
32. When Japanese actor Mako Iwamatsu, the voice actor of Aku from Samurai Jack, and Iroh from Avatar, died in 2006, many of his voice roles were taken on by soundalike voice actor Greg Baldwin, whose voice was almost indistinguishable.
33. Despite publishing vast quantities of literature, only three Mayan books exist today due to the Spanish ordering all Mayan books and libraries to be destroyed for being, “lies of the devil.”
34. Moviegoers seeing "13 Ghosts" in 1960 could choose if they wanted to see the ghosts or not. The ghosts were added with a red filter on scenes with a blue filter. People were given glasses with red and blue cellophane, and depending on which one they looked through could “remove” the ghosts.
35. Shoveling snow is a known cause for heart attacks. Increased blood pressure combined with cold air constricting arteries creates the right environment for it to happen.
