26Jungholz's Unique Status
Jungholz is an Austrian village that can only be accessed through Germany. Due to access complications, the village has followed German customs since 1868 and even used the Deutsche Mark as its currency until 2002. This unique situation arose from German land being sold to an Austrian taxman in 1342.
27. The leading hypothesis for the existence of stripes on zebras is their role in deterring horse flies from biting them.
28. In the past, people would place bets on the outcomes of battles. In 1691, an astounding amount of over £200,000 (equivalent to £40,000,000 in today's money) was wagered solely on the outcome of the Siege of Limerick.
29. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned a unique community called Usonia, located 25 miles north of Manhattan and consisting of 47 houses. Wright personally determined the placement of each house based on its surroundings and designed three homes himself while approving the architectural plans for the remaining 44.
30. Cicada wings possess remarkable properties that shed water, dirt, and bacteria. These wings have an anti-reflective surface to avoid detection by predators, accomplished through the presence of nanopillars 4000 times thinner than human hair and the presence of waxy substances.
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32. The iconic cover of The Doors' 1970 album, "Morrison Hotel," was captured at an actual hotel bearing the same name in Los Angeles. Without permission to photograph, the band quickly positioned themselves behind the hotel windows while the clerk was momentarily away from the desk.
33. Roger Marie Bricoux, one of the musicians aboard the Titanic, tragically perished along with the rest of the band members. However, due to a series of circumstances, Bricoux was not officially declared dead until the year 2000. The French army mistakenly considered him a deserter during World War I.
34. Upon reading the initial draft of "Smokey and the Bandit," Burt Reynolds candidly expressed to director Hal Needham that it was the worst script he had ever encountered. Nevertheless, Reynolds committed to making the film, and much of the dialogue was improvised on set.
35. Reynolds, the company renowned for producing Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil, once ventured into the realm of deep-sea exploration. They constructed and operated a remarkable deep-sea submersible known as the Aluminaut, which held the distinction of being the world's first aluminum submarine.