26Daniel Day-Lewis
After winning an Oscar, actor Daniel Day-Lewis retired to become a cobbler in Italy, only returning to acting after Martin Scorsese convinced him to star in Gangs of New York.
27. The artificial sweetener Sucralose (Splenda) was discovered when a researcher misheard a command to "Test this chemical" as "taste this chemical."
28. When Robert Taylor inventor of soap-in-a-pump-bottle (Softsoap), he knew larger competitors like Colgate would try to copy his product. In order to ensure that they couldn't copy him, he bought every small bottle hand-pump (100 million bottles) in the United States. This resulted in a year of the market to himself.
29. Pandas were carnivorous, but they inexplicably lost their appetite for meat during evolution.
30. There is a coast-to-coast hiking trail called The American Discovery Trail that connects Delaware and California.
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31Candle flame
In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
32. The largest centipede named Arthropleura ever existed (280 million years ago) was tall enough to rear up and look a human in the eyes.
33. In 1851, when the refrigerated ice machine was patented, the large ice-importing industry ran a smear campaign against the technology, calling it immoral.
34. 70% of lotto winners spend all their winnings within 5 years, and it doesn't matter whether they won $1 million or $100 million.
35. There is a road in Lancaster named Musical Road, California that has hundreds of grooves carved in it, so that when you drive over them, they play ‘The William Tell Overture.’
