26Ramones concert
In 1996, the Argentine branch of Coca Cola announced they would give away free tickets to a Ramones concert in exchange for ten bottle caps. Massively underestimating the band’s appeal in Argentina, Coca-Cola didn’t have enough tickets available, resulting in riots and looting.
27. For centuries the city of Troy was considered a myth until it was re-discovered in 1871 in present-day Turkey. The area had been excavated before but the ruins of Troy were beneath newer excavations and had gone untouched for millennia even though the site had people living on top of it.
28. When Luciano Pavarotti suddenly fell ill and was unable to sing Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammys, Aretha Franklin filled in for him at “literally a moment’s notice" and sang an acclaimed rendition of the Aria.
29. The Soviet Union was the first and only country to explore the surface of Venus.
30. In 2013, the United States bombed the island of Guam with 2,000 dead mice stuffed with painkillers to kill the Brown Tree Snake which is an invasive species on the island. The snake got there by accident in the 1950s on a shipping vessel.
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31Vulcan neck pinch
Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he was tired of fight scenes. His Vulcan salute was also inspired from his Jewish background which is done when a Jewish priest blesses a congregation.
32. The Three Stooges were Jewish, often used Yiddish in place of gibberish, and were the first in Hollywood to satirize Hitler in 1940, which was 9 months before Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator.”
33. The famous Japanese painting of a giant wave is actually from a series of 36 paintings of Mount Fuji from different views.
34. Investigation by a Hollywood journalist in 2013 revealed that American Humane, the organization which provides the “No animals were harmed” verification on Hollywood productions, colluded with studios to cover up major animal abuses on movie sets.
35. American puppeteer Jim Henson originally wanted the Muppets to be for adults and didn't see his characters as a vehicle for children's education and family entertainment. Indeed, he first envisioned something closer to South Park rather than Sesame Street and in the 1950s they did dark comedy in commercials.
