26Sir Nicholas Winton
A man named Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 kids during World War 2 and lived almost all his life without letting people know.
27. In 2015, a family organized a fake kidnap of their 6- year-old kid to scare him, because they thought he was ''too nice''
28. From 1956 to 1996 the Mormon Church operated a program called Indian Placement Program where Native American kids would be baptized and placed in Mormon foster homes, thinking it would "lighten" their skin. It was based on the Mormon belief that Native Americans were originally white until God punished them by making them darker.
29. If parents cleaned a dropped pacifier by sucking on it themselves before giving it back to their baby, the child will have "nearly 60% less chance of eczema and 90% less chance of asthma by 18 months compared to parents who used tap or boiling water."
30. A 19-year-old blind kid named Matthew Weigman was able to use his enhanced hearing to hack telephone systems by perfectly reproducing dial tones. He even went as far as faking calls to the SWAT team in order to have them surround the houses of his enemies.
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31Time machine
The time machine in 'Back to the Future' was originally a refrigerator, but was changed since they were concerned kids would lock themselves inside.
32. Stephen Colbert didn't let his kids watch his show because "I just say things I don't mean and a child just won't know that that's a character and when I tuck them into bed one night and say I love you, they'll say: ‘that’s good Dad, that’s dry’.”
33. When the University of Sheffield polled 250 children, all 250 reported that they disliked clowns as hospital decor.
34. The Koosh Ball, the non-bouncing rubber ball once described as a "cross between a porcupine and a bowl of Jell-O", was invented because some kids were not good at playing catch. Its invention is chronicled in the book, The Secret History of Balls.
35. When researchers offered kids broccoli or a chocolate bar, four out of five picked the chocolate but when an Elmo sticker was placed on the broccoli, 50 % chose the broccoli.
36David Vetter
A boy named David Vetter got his own NASA space suit. He lived in a bubble for all his life since he had a disease that left him defenseless against germs. The suit allowed him to go outside and play. Although the procedure to put it on was complicated, he could finally go and learn with kids his age.
37. In the 1790s, the Guillotine was so popular, they made child sized one for kids to behead their dolls and rodents, and the wealthy had tiny ones on their dining table, for slicing bread.
38. We typically do not start to think of foods as "too sweet" until our bone growth stops. Younger children have virtually no limit to the amount of sugar they find palatable.
39. Doctor Who was originally an educational show, with episodes set in the future to teach kids about science, and episodes set in the past to teach them history.
40. A kid named Sawyer Rosenstein who was paralyzed by a bully's punch has been awarded a settlement of $4.2 million after proving the school knew about the bully's tendencies and did nothing to prevent his attack.
41Ernst Moro
In early 1900s, German kids used to die from diarrhea until a doctor named Ernst Moro invented carrot stew which saved thousands of lives.
42. Harriet Tubman never lost a slave in 19 trips on the Underground Railroad. One of her secrets for not getting caught was drugging kids with opium to keep them from crying.
43. The Chrysler Corporation didn't pay for the construction of the Chrysler Building. Walter Chrysler paid for it himself because he wanted his kids to inherit it.
44. The video "Runaway" Train by Soul Asylum had different versions depending in what country it was shown. They each showed photos and videos of missing kids from the areas where it was shown. 26 kids from the video were eventually found.
45. In 2013, a 17-year old kid named Tyler Hadley murdered his parents and hid their bodies in a locked bedroom so he could throw a huge house party.
46Joe Delaney
In 1983, Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe Delaney died attempting to save 3 children from drowning. Despite being unable to swim, Delaney told a bystander there: ‘I’ve got to save those kids. If I don’t come up, get somebody,’ before rushing into the water.
47. An Oregon couple, with 2 disabled children of their own, launched a non-profit called "Magic Wheelchair" that develops and hand-crafts Halloween costume options for wheelchair-bound children.
48. South Korea bans children aged under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6 am under a so-called "Cinderella Law".
49. Children born blind still smile, meaning smiling is not a learned response. It is something humans do innately.
50. The term "Stranger Danger" may leave children more susceptible to abuse because it puts focus on strangers when in reality 93% of children know their abuser.
