26Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In addition to being the NBA's leading scorer with 38,387 points, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is also a professional writer who contributes to Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and has also written books which are New York Times bestsellers.
27. The Pentagon banned Furbys because they were worried they would repeat top secret information, even though Furbys had no means to do so.
28. Studies suggest that top students are more likely to smoke pot and drink alcohol.
29. There is a position in the House of Lords called Black Rod. Their job is to summon the House of Commons and have a door slammed in their face, showing the people's power over the monarchy.
30. A wellness blogger named Belle Gibson who faked brain cancer was fined $410,000 for a scam involving her claims that her cancer was cured through nutrition and alternative therapies.
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31Julia Minesci
During the filming of Breaking Bad, actress Julia Minesci who played a meth-addicted prostitute was legitimately propositioned for sex during the shooting of a scene.
32. A man ran naked through Anchorage, Alaska, naked, climbed up a 30-foot flagpole, jumped off and died. 29-years later, he has still not been identified.
33. Four-legged animals like horses and dogs don't have backward knees. Those joints are actually their ankles, which bend in the same direction as our ankles do.
34. A Chinese zookeeper named Zhang Bangsheng licked a rare monkey's butt for over an hour to help it pass a peanut that was endangering its life.
35. The flag of Hawaii has the Union Jack in it, despite never being part of the British Empire. It was put there by King Kamehameha as a symbol of friendship after being presented the British flag by Captain George Vancouver.
