26Suicide rate
There are only 5 countries were suicide rate for women is higher than men and they are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Indonesia
27. The pockets on men's dress clothing are often sewn shut to preserve aesthetics during transport to, and display in the store. These are functional pockets that can be opened up and are not fake pockets as many assume.
28. In a 60's government funded LSD study, "26 men unleashed a slew of widely embraced innovations shortly after their LSD experiences, including a mathematical theorem for NOR gate circuits, a conceptual model of a photon, a linear electron accelerator beam-steering device,".
29. Rapper T.I. has talked two men out of jumping off a building on two unrelated occasions
30. Caesar built an 18km wall around a Gaulish fort he was seighing and then a 21km wall facing outwards, essentially building a fort around a fort. He then beat 300,000+ Gauls attacking from both sides with only 60,000 men
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31Tennis ball
Men's tennis players use a different type of tennis ball than women
32. 26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men's hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That's 80% of the entire country's population.
33. In the 1980s, the Naval Investigative Service undertook a massive and futile search for a woman named "Dorothy" in the Chicago area, after hearing gay men refer to themselves as "friends of Dorothy". They believed she was at the center of a ring of gay military personnel.
34. In 1973, two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.
35. In the UK, the most common cause of death for men under 50 is suicide.
36WW1 draft
In 1916, a miscalculation of Montana's population led to 40,000 men being drafted into the 1st World War which is 10% of the state's population.
37. People were confused how a Chinese couple managed to run a busy restaurant 21 hours a day without getting tired. Locals named it "robot couple restaurant". Turns out the restaurant is run by two couples both the men and women are identical twins.
38. Almost one-third of London men are too fat to see their own genitals.
39. Breastfeeding invokes in the mother the neurochemical oxytocin, otherwise known as the "love drug," which helps to focus her attention and affection on her baby. It's now been theorized that men who do nipple foreplay and stimulation during sex can make themselves more desirable.
40. Disbarred attorney Jack Thompson once gave Janet Reno a form, asking about her sexuality. Reno responded by saying "I'm only interested in virile men that's why I'm not interested in you." Thompson later sued her for battery due to her putting a hand on his shoulder
41Homophobia
The word homophobia was originally used to refer to heterosexual men's fear that others might think they are gay
42. The word "dude" was first used in the late 1800s as an insult towards young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions
43. A genetic study of people from Iceland found a number of them had a mutation predominantly found among Native Americans. It has theorized that this could be because of American women breeding with Viking men, during Norse exploration of America in the 11th century AD.
44. Tigers, jaguars and leopards love the smell of Calvin Klein's 'Obsession For Men'. This fragrance is used to lure the big cats to cameras in the wild.
45. Don King killed two men. One he stomped to death because he owed him money, he served less than 4 years in prison.
46Copiapó mining accident
The 33 men stuck underground for 69 days in the San Esteban Mining Company accident received zero compensation even though the mining company had very poor safety standards.
47. In Japan, you can hire handsome men to show up at your office and watch sad videos with you until you cry, then wipe your tears for you
48. 2 Florida men failed to steal a Corvette because they couldn't drive stick. At gunpoint, the owner told them 4 times to push the clutch, but they gave up and ran away on foot with only the man's phone, keys, and wallet.
49. The South Park character Liane Cartman is based on an ex-girlfriend of co-creator Trey Parker, who was found cheating with multiple men. Trey's ex was also called Liane.
50. 150 Irish soldiers defended a Congo town from 3000 African mercs for six days, killed 300 of the mercs and didn't lose any men themselves.
