26Super Soaker
While experimenting on a jet pump project for NASA in his bathroom in 1982, Lonnie Johnson shot a stream of water across the room and thought, “This would make a great gun.” The Super Soaker went on to make him some $73 million in royalties.
27. According to the United States Flag Code, the flag “should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.” This includes paper napkins or plates printed with the design.
28. Some farmers in Bangladesh are now raising ducks instead of chicken because ducks can float during floods.
29. In 1911, Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars was a baseball team that was made up of death row inmates who had been told that as long as they kept winning games, their executions would be delayed. Their fourth victory, by a score of 15-10, was also their last.
30. Pilot fish can form a sort of symbiotic relationship with sharks to the point where if their shark is caught, the pilot fish will follow the boat that took it and become distressed when it can’t find it or isn't near its “host” shark.
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31Guide Dog
In 2015, a guide dog in New York was awarded the ASPCA’s “Dog of the Year” award for running in front of an oncoming bus to protect his blind owner and didn’t leave her side until she received medical attention even though he suffered a broken leg.
32. Princess Leia’s hair in Star Wars was inspired by women of the Mexican revolution.
33. Charlie Chaplin was one of the planned assassination targets during a May 15, 1932 coup attempt by Japanese naval officers. While the prime minister was killed at home, Chaplin survived as he was at a sumo event with the prime minister's son.
34. Salvador Dali once conned Yoko Ono out of $10,000. Instead of sending her a hair from his mustache he sent her a piece of dried grass.
35. A Russian eagle named ‘Min’ and 3 other eagles being tracked by scientists unexpectedly flew into Iran/Pakistan. The sim card which was used to track the bird then started to rack up so many out-of-network data roaming charges on SMS text transmissions that scientists had to take out a loan and ask for help on social media to pay off the phone bill.
