26Lancia Delta
Italian carmaker Lancia holds the record for having the most Manufacturers' Championships in the World Rally Championship with 10 wins, despite having stopped competing since the end of the 1993 season. The Lancia Delta is the most successful individual model designation ever to compete in rallying.
27. Chia seeds can absorb up to 27 times their weight in water. This interesting property has hospitalized at least one person. Chia seeds have been used for food, medicine, and paint since Aztec civilization.
28. In 2017, a Chicago man filled out a change of address form to change the address of UPS corporate headquarters to that of his apartment, causing the postal service to forward thousands of letters and checks to him.
29. Many 9/11 survivors delayed their evacuation of the World Trade Center to shut down computers, change shoes, and use the bathroom.
30. Earth’s atmosphere becomes so thin at about 160 km above sea level that sound waves can no longer be transmitted. It is therefore silent at altitudes higher than this region, which is why it is called the “anacoustic zone.”
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31Bob Costas
In 2018, Bob Costas was removed from his spot on the Super Bowl and fired from NBC for submitting a monologue that discussed the dangers of concussions during the Super Bowl.
32. Roman Polanski wanted to film a violent and nihilistic version of Macbeth in response to his wife and unborn child’s murder. No studio would finance it given the parallels with his own life, but Hugh Hefner financed the movie. He had been partying with a Playboy Executive on the night of the murders.
33. A conman named Anthony Gignac posed as a Saudi prince for decades and conned $8 million from investors. He was exposed when potential investors saw him eat pork.
34. After the filming of “2001 A Space Odyssey”, director Stanley Kubrick destroyed nearly all of the film’s props so that they wouldn’t be used for “lesser” science-fiction films in the future.
35. The Beatles used to have jerk-off sessions together.
