26Pope
The Pope cannot be an organ donor despite having a donor card, because his body belongs to the church.
27. In 2013, a photographer recorded seventeen seconds of footage of an elusive night parrot—a Lazarus species that hadn't been spotted in nearly a century. A bird expert called it "the bird-watching equivalent of finding Elvis flipping burgers in an outback roadhouse."
28. "The Truman Show Delusion" is a term used in psychology to describe patients who believe they are part of a staged reality. A psychiatrist reported on one patient who had traveled to New York after 9/11 to ensure the event really happened and wasn't just a plot twist in his show.
29. Birds not only can see in Ultraviolet but that their feathers have patterns which can only be seen in UV. This explains why the males and females of certain species may look the same to us, but in reality, are very different in each other's eyes.
30. In Bude, United Kingdom there is an elongated tunnel providing rain shelter for customers to the local superstore (Sainsbury's). As a running joke, it has received numerous 5-star reviews and it's the #3 top thing to do in Bude, leading to some underwhelmed tourists.
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31Bert Williams
Bert Williams was a black man and the most popular vaudeville minstrel star of his time, went to the Hotel Astor in New York, and when the bartender, trying to get rid of him, told him drinks were $50 because of his race, Williams pulled a wad of $100 bills and bought a round for the bar.
32. Many African-Americans have Irish surnames (e.g. Shaquille O'Neal) because Irish and blacks lived side by side in the ghettos of 19th century America.
33. People born blind use the same facial expressions as sighted people when expressing emotions, meaning that our facial expressions are innate and not learned behavior.
34. After his experience playing Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise established a charity to help disabled veterans.
35. In an effort to reduce drunk driving, the city of Austin, Texas will waive parking tickets if a receipt showing that a ride-share company, taxi or bus was used within 24 hours of receiving the ticket.
