26Lotus Esprit Sub
The submarine resembling a Lotus Esprit, from the Bond film ‘The Spy who Loved Me’, went unclaimed for 10 years in a prepaid storage unit. When its lease ran out, a buyer bought the unit for less than $100, including the submarine. In 2013, the submarine was sold at auction for £550,000.
27. Project 100,000 was a controversial Vietnam War era program by the United States Department of Defense to draft 100,000 low-IQ men a year for the Vietnam War. It was dubbed, “Macnamara’s Morons.” More than 5,000 recruited under this program were killed in the war, 3 times the rate when compared to other soldiers.
28. Washington Irving, who created the first illustration of Santa on his sleigh, was also the creator of the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow.
29. Olaf was a complete and utter prick in the original script of Frozen, like a villain but not actually one, and screenwriter Jennifer Lee hated original Olaf so much that every time he appeared in the script she would write “kill the fu*king snowman.”
30. American distributor of the movie ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ shortened it to 139 minutes, without the director’s involvement. That version was a critical and commercial flop in the US. Meanwhile, the European Cut of 229 minutes has remained one of the best gangster movies ever by many critics.
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31Sunscreens
In 2019, the city of Key West, Florida passed a law banning the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are believed to be detrimental to coral reefs.
32. WWE Wrestler John Cena is a fan of anime and noted that his favorite anime film is, “Fist of the Northstar.”
33. Henry Berry Lowrie was born to a mixed-race family during the civil war, and in 1865, saw his family executed for owning weapons. He led a gang of Indians, African-Americans, and white men, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. He disappeared at 27 and was never caught.
34. Over 10% of Canada’s population is descended from impoverished British children that were sent to work on Canadian farms between 1869 and 1939.
35. The entire surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan, can move several kilometers per month, suggesting that there is an ocean underneath the surface.
36Digital Driver’s License
Norway has implemented a digital driver’s license in the form of an app that can be used instead of a physical one for roadside inspections.
