26Matt Groening
Simpsons creator Matt Groening said he was the fan of Beavis and Butthead because the show largely took "the heat off Bart Simpson being responsible for the downfall of western civilization."
27. The 'Rabbit' temple in Taiwan is the world’s only shrine for homosexuals. It dedicated to a deity who has watched over homosexuals for four centuries. It attracts nearly 9,000 people each year.
28. Civil rights legend John Lewis once attended Comic-Con dressed as himself during the March on Selma. He led the children in a march around the convention center wearing the same kind of coat and backpack as he did at Selma.
29. Octopuses are anti-social towards other octopuses by nature, but when given MDMA or ecstasy they are much more friendly and try to “hug” each other.
30. “Unschooling” is a new form of homeschooling where the child has no curriculum or schedule. Instead, they learn by living their life while following their passions. Proponents say it increases the child’s general well-being and improved attitude towards learning.
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31Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman
Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were in the same acting class and were voted by classmates as “The Least Likely to Succeed.”
32. In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teenagers thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 23% thought Winston Churchill was not.
33. In 2019, an expedition that descended to the Mariana Trench, the deepest area in the world's oceans, found a plastic bag and sweet wrappers at the bottom of the Trench.
34. Italy once had to build an entire courthouse to prosecute the Mafia. They charged 475 members in a trial that lasted from 1986-1992. To date, it is one of the biggest trials in history.
35. In March 1846, a "dead" Egyptian snail was put on display in a British museum. Four years later, the "dead" snail awoke.
