26Trailers
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”
27. Jetlag from traveling west is associated with depression, while jet lag from traveling east is associated with mania
28. Airplane windows were once square until 3 fatal crashes in the 50's were caused by the windows. Corners are weak points(4 on a window) and stress/pressure can cause these points to crack
29. Talking to yourself improves concentration and mental recall
30. A scientist named Carl Djerassi not only developed the birth control pill, but also wrote over 1200 papers on different subjects, and wrote one of the first artificial intelligence programs in 1965. A program called DENDRAL, which could automatically discover unknown forms of medications.
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31Aum Shinrikyo cult
In May of 1993, a Japanese Doomsday cult (Aum Shinrikyo) situated deep in the Australian Outback reportedly set off some form of an explosion that registered as seismic activity.
32. Black musician Daryl Davis, who dissolved Maryland's KKK by befriending its members.
33. The directors for Guardians of the Galaxy wrote a script with actual dialogue for Vin Diesel so that he would know what inflections to give when he said his lines as "I am Groot".
34. Between 1996 and 2001, Afghanistan had no national anthem because the Taliban had banned music altogether.
35. Nearly all vultures in India have died due to eating corpses of animals recently treated with the drug diclofenac. In a butterfly effect, there is now a major rabies problem, with an annual cost of US$26 billion per year.
