26Koenigsegg Regera
The world's fastest production car is a hybrid (Koenigsegg Regera).
27. Polynesian people used binary numbers 600 years ago
28. Due to an etymological quirk, in Europe "moose" are known as "elk" and they don't actually have what North Americans call "elk".
29. With over 15,000 hours of playing time on tape, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia is the most recorded guitarist of all time.
30. Astronomer Johannes Kepler abandoned everything to defend his mother against claims of witchcraft over a period of six years saving her from sure execution at the stake.
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31Ancient US presidential election
In the first few presidential elections, only white, male landowners could vote. Less than 5% of the U.S. population voted.
32. North Carolina declared independence from Great Britain and seceded from the Union on the same day, May 20th.
33. Marijuana was the first thing ever sold over the internet
34. There's a national pet amber alert where you can notify neighbors within a certain radius and include photos as a reference.
35. Vanilla beans are actually orchid seeds.
