26Alcohol metabolism
Women are naturally more affected by alcohol than men because they don't produce an enzyme in their stomachs that starts metabolization early as men do.
27. Most people now think Oreos are vegan, but they’re not because they have cross-contact with milk.
28. In August 2020, a group of scientists from the University College, London set a new world record for the fastest ever broadband speed at 178Tbps. That’s almost 3 million times faster than the fastest conventional broadband speeds.
29. A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance by drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at the beak and extending in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will continue to stare at the line, remaining immobile for up to 30 minutes.
30. The Australian Aboriginal flag is the only flag in the world that is copyrighted and ‘owned’ by a single (Aboriginal) individual who leased the royalties to a corporation who are now suing Aboriginal businesses for using images and/or depictions of the flag.
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31Joseph Grew
Joseph Grew, who was the US ambassador to Japan during the lead-up to World War 2, heard rumors in in January 1941 in Tokyo that the Japanese were preparing a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in case of a break with the US. When Grew alerted Washington, his warnings were ignored.
32. There are multiple replicas of the White House, built mostly by private citizens, throughout the United States, and two in Iran and China (the Chinese White House includes a replica of Mount Rushmore as well).
33. The average number of stars we can see with the naked eye is around 10000. This number is only the 0.000004% of all stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
34. Pro wrestler Brutus Beefcake caused an Anthrax scare by leaving a bag of cocaine in the Boston Subway back in 2004.
