26Elliot Handler and Ruth Handler
The inventors of Hot Wheels (Elliot Handler) and the Barbie dolls (Ruth Handler) were married for over two decades before either toy was invented. Barbie and Ken were named after their children.
27. Hand soap doesn't actually kill the germs. Instead, it weakens the structure they are holding onto so that you can wash them right off.
28. Ulysses S. Grant's autobiography was sold by 10,000 agents, many of whom were former Union soldiers who canvassed the northern states while wearing their old uniforms. It was a method devised by Mark Twain, the publisher. It made a fortune for Grant's widow, who received a 75% royalty.
29. Michael Dorn has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other Star Trek actor in the franchise's history, spanning 5 films and 272 television episodes.
30. When the Mets beat the Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, many Yankee fans attended the parade celebrating the Mets' win, saying that "anyone who beats Boston is worth coming down for."
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31Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace ran for President with the promise of an equal wage for women and African-Americans in 1944. He was cheated by party politics despite being more popular than any other candidate at the time. He wanted to end the tensions with Russia. As a kid, he was taught farming by George Washington Carver.
32. Actor Noah Wyle, after simulating the procedure for over a decade as a television doctor, successfully inserted a working Intravenous injection into a fallen crew member on set.
33. The actual yeti may just be the extremely rare Tibetan blue bear. It is one of the rarest subspecies of a bear in the world. It is only known to exist through a small number of fur and bone samples.
34. Due to elephants with tusks getting poached, humans are literally causing natural selection from more elephants being born tuskless over the past decades.
35. The tale of Hansel and Gretel might have originated during the Great Famine of Europe between 1315-1317. Food was in such short supplies that people abandoned their kids (probably why Hansel and Gretel are lost in a forest) and that people even resorted to cannibalism (explains the cannibalistic witch).
