26Turn-On
The shortest run for a TV series was 11 minutes. In 1969, a sketch show called “Turn-On”, by the creator of Laugh-In was deemed so risqué that during the 1st commercial break of the 1st episode, the network announced that it would no longer play the show and instead aired organ music over a black screen.
27. Peter Jackson made Elijah Wood perform the final shoot for Frodo in “Return of The King” many more times than actually necessary because he couldn't bear to say goodbye.
28. Rob Lowe, Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., and Sean Penn all went to the same school (Santa Monica High School) together.
29. The longest river in Antarctica is the Onyx River. It's 20 miles long and flows away from the ocean.
30. Patients who suffered from aphasia, the inability to express speech, can start to produce words by singing. This is because aphasia results from damages to the left hemisphere of the brain, while singing uses the right hemisphere.
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31Small triangle in NYC
A small triangle in New York City about 27x25x27 inches was not accounted for in an eminent domain seizure in 1914. The owner installed a small mosaic which said "PROPERTY OF THE HESS ESTATE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES." It is still there today.
32. On average, cats who are allowed to roam outdoors often don't live to the age of five. Cats who are always kept safely indoors can live to be 20 years old (or more).
33. English comedian John Cleese has a garbage dump named Mt. Cleese in New Zealand after him. It was done entirely out of spite.
