26Meteorwrongs
When presumed meteorites turn out to just be a normal rock, they are called “Meteorwrongs."
27. Mr. Rogers was a vegetarian on ethical grounds, stating "I don't want to eat anything that has a mother."
28. The richest person in Hong Kong named Li Ka-Shing is a high school dropout who first started a plastic flower company in 1950.
29. A “wave of death” occurs when a driver stops and waves another car through an intersection. This “kindness” can often lead to tragedy.
30. There's a giant donut island named Orona atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean that has feral cats and a "sizeable lagoon" in the middle.
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31Green Feather Movement
In 1954, the Green Feather Movement was started by college students to protest the proposed banning of "Robin Hood" from Indiana schools. The books were to be banned for promoting communist ideals (robbing the rich to give to the poor).
32. There is a programmable, autonomous writing robot that is 240 years old, made by a Swiss clockmaker named Pierre Jaquet Droz.
33. Napoleon Dynamite was a pseudonym used by singer-songwriter Elvis Costello in the 80s.
