26Giuseppe Garibaldi
In 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi, known as the hero of the two worlds and the main protagonist in Italian unification, volunteered to president Lincoln and was offered a Major General's commission in the U.S. Army, with only one condition: that the war's objective is declared as slavery's abolition.
27. Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, was kicked out of the American Library Association for constant unwelcome advances towards women librarians.
28. Schlitz was the number one beer in America in the early 1950s and then they started changing ingredients to cut costs. By 1975, consumers complained that the beer was forming "snot" in the can, and by 1981 the company folded.
29. Fruit Loops don't have different flavors. They are all the same exact flavor.
30. Bon Jovi has a restaurant (Soul kitchen) that has no price. Guests pay whatever they can or volunteer in exchange for their meal.
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31Grey eyes
Grey eyes appear grey due to Mie scattering, the same type of scattering that causes the sky to appear grey on rainy days.
32. Crying is good for you because emotional/stress tears carry higher levels of stress hormones being flushed out of your system and higher levels of mood-regulating manganese.
33. Artificial intelligence can distinguish authentic Pollock's paintings from fake ones with 93% accuracy.
34. In 1875, three French men traveled to a height of 28,000 feet in a balloon. When it landed only one man remained alive and was permanently deaf.
35. Benito Mussolini’s son Romano Mussolini was a respected Jazz musician who toured internationally with artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Helen Merrill and Chet Baker.
36Cancer death
Cancer death rates have dropped 26% since 1991, with many major forms reduced by 39% to 52%. This has saved nearly 2.4 million lives.
37. The sun loses about 6 million tons of mass every second due to nuclear fusion and the solar wind. Despite losing that much material, it has only lost about 0.05% of its original mass over the past 4.5 billion years.
