26Physiological response
The smell of infants triggers a physiological response in mothers similar to that experienced by hungry people presented with a delicious meal. This is the reason behind the urge to nibble newborn babies.
27. Breathing in Delhi air is equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day.
28. Emperor Hirohito (Showa), the Emperor of World War 2 Japan, was the only “axis power” leader to not have died during the war. He only just died in 1989.
29. Venona Project revealed that there was not a single agency of the American Government that Soviet espionage had not thoroughly infiltrated, and stole secrets concerned with national security.
30. The iconic font for "Star Wars" was derived from Helvetica Black because designer Suzy Rice thought that it was the most Fascist typeface she could think of.
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31Robert McGee
A man named Robert McGee survived scalping at the age of 14. He lived the rest of his life with most of his skull exposed.
32. In 1857, Mormon militia members ambushed a wagon train in Utah which was heading to California. They killed 120 people after offering safety from the siege, leaving only a few young children alive.
33. Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive.
34. Serial killer Ted Bundy put a woman on the stand and then asked her to marry him; she said yes. There was a loophole in Florida law where a marriage proposal accepted under oath was legally binding.
35. Airplane food is heavily seasoned but your sense of taste is dulled when you're on an airplane.
