26Feels Like Temperature Explanation
The "feels like" temperature refers to an actual physical difference in how quickly your body loses heat rather than just the psychological perception of temperature.
27. In 2016, Burger King opened a spa in one of its restaurants in Helsinki, Finland. Customers could enjoy a Whopper while sitting in the 15-seater sauna room, and the spa also featured showers, PlayStation, TVs, and beverages, with the price set at $283 per person.
28. In 1995, a woman who went by the name Jennifer Fairgate was found dead in a locked Oslo hotel room with a gunshot wound to the head. Ballistics showed that suicide was not possible. Yet there were fingerprints, and strangely, her clothing labels were all removed, making it impossible to identify her. Theories speculate that she was a spy.
29. David Bowie was born David Jones. When starting out, Davy Jones of The Monkees was already famous, so he had to choose a different stage name. His first choice was Tom Jones.
30. Osceola was a prominent Native American leader, and the doctor who attended to him ignored Osceola's dying wish to be buried in Florida. Instead, the doctor removed Osceola's head after his death and displayed it in his drug store. When his children misbehaved, the doctor would move the head to their room for the night.
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31Toxoplasma Gondii and Human Behavior
There is a parasite that can infect the human brain and alter our behavior. Toxoplasma gondii infection can cause road rage, increase the chances of dying in a road accident, and much more.
32. In the 1990s, Donnie Yen (known for his roles in Ip Man, Star Wars, and John Wick) and his girlfriend Joey Meng were leaving a club in Hong Kong when they were attacked by a group of men who had been bothering them earlier that night. Donnie hospitalized all eight of them.
33. Referencing the movie Topgun or its sequel while at training at the Topgun school incurs an immediate $5 fine for all personnel because it is seen as conflicting with the institute's atmosphere of professionalism.
34. When Prince changed his name to a symbol, Warner Bros. distributed floppy disks to major news outlets containing the digital representation of the symbol.
35. In 2015, Billy Mitchell filed a lawsuit against Cartoon Network, claiming that a character who cheats at video games in the series Regular Show infringed on his likeness. Years later, the legitimacy of a number of his records was called into question, leading to them being stripped.
