26Hugh Laurie
Actor Hugh Laurie was one of the highest-paid actors in television drama, earning $409,000 (£250,000) for each episode of the television series ‘House.’
27. Pom-Pom Crabs are small crabs that hold anemones in their small pinchers and will replace lost anemones by splitting the one left into two. This is the first known case of one animal stimulating another animal to reproduce asexually.
28. Chinese Mythology also has a Great Flood Myth. Unlike the Biblical story, humans fought the flood, led by the mythical heroes Prince Gun and his son, Yu the Engineer, who battled evil demons & solicited the aid of gods and dragons to build massive drainage basins and mighty dams to end the flooding.
29. The Eiffel Tower was originally intended to stand from 1889 to 1909 but was saved due to its use as an army radio transmitter. Its concession was extended for the next 70 years, to 1980, lasting beyond as a tourist attraction and receiving regular modifications such as television broadcasting.
30. USDA requires Salisbury Steaks to be a minimum of 65% meat, of which up to 25% can be pork.
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31Jeff Goldblum & Laura Dern
After their characters unsuccessfully flirted in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern actually dated and got engaged.
32. The body of Alexander the Great has been lost over time. It was well-known to be in Alexandria, Egypt for centuries and was even worshipped for a while, but its exact location has apparently been forgotten.
33. Rats can be trained to detect a chemical compound within explosives, meaning they ignore scrap metal and can search for mines more quickly. An African giant pouched rat named Magawa has been awarded a prestigious gold medal for his work detecting land mines.
34. Rats left unaided in water will drown in a just few minutes if they feel hopeless, but if they know there is hope of being rescued they will swim for days.
35. L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, believed that tomatoes felt pain and said that if it is quiet enough, you can hear them scream when they are sliced.
