51LSD drug
In a 60's government funded LSD study, "26 men unleashed a slew of widely embraced innovations shortly after their LSD experiences, including a mathematical theorem for NOR gate circuits, a conceptual model of a photon, a linear electron accelerator beam-steering device,".
52. The pockets on men's dress clothing are often sewn shut to preserve aesthetics during transport to, and display in the store. These are functional pockets that can be opened up and are not fake pockets as many assume.
53. There are only 5 countries were suicide rate for women is higher than men and they are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Indonesia
54. The Copsey Brothers were the first men to build a jail in Lower Lake, CA, the first to occupy it, after celebrating its completion too enthusiastically, and the first to escape, after realizing they had forgotten to nail down the roof.
55. Men only have nipples because they develop them before being assigned a gender as an embryo
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56Ancient people
Few men reproduce with many women, 2/3 of your ancestors are female, not 1/2. Also, overall throughout humanity, 80% of females end up reproducing, while only 40% of males do
57. In 1955, Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hate mail, he released a statement saying "If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too."
58. James McAvoy wore a wig in X-Men: First Class as he mistakenly shaved his head whilst preparing for the role of Professor X.
59. During the English Civil War, Lady Mary Bankes defended a castle from over 200 attackers with only five men under her initial command. She would be reinforced by 80 royalists and would hold against a total 600 men for three years before being betrayed and forced to surrender.
60. Steve Harvey believes women should not date non-religious men, for they don't have morals (despite him cheating on all previous wives) and that men only cheat because their wife allows them to.
61Hong Kong couples
45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given up on the idea of having children because of crowding and high housing costs. In another survey, 38% of men and 31% of women simply said they didn't like kids
62. 25% of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-50s, mainly due to vodka.
63. 1 in every 14 adult men in the United States don’t watch nationally televised sports whatsoever.
64. An Oxford University study concluded that men need at least two "guys nights" a week to stay healthy
65. After a Colonel called his men "animals" for cutting off the heads of Japanese dead and impaling them on poles, one soldier responded "That's right Colonel, we are animals. We live like animals, we eat and are treated like animals–what the fu*k do you expect?"
66Genghis Khan
When Genghis Khan sent a trade caravan to the Khwarezmid Empire, the governor of one city seized it and killed the traders. Genghis Khan retaliated by invading the empire with 200,000 men and killing the governor by pouring molten silver down his eyes and mouth
67. There are 17 American men in history who have run under 2:10 in the marathon. In contrast, there were 32 Kenyans who did it just in October of 2011.
68. A new birth control method for men that has a 100% success rate in test subjects so far. Developed by an Indian doctor, it works similar to an 'on-off' switch and would afford countless families across the globe an incredibly cheap method to control the size of their families.
69. Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Roman Emperor. 564 years ago today, as Ottoman cannons breached the once-mighty Theodosian Walls of Constantinople, he donned the appearance of a common soldier and led his remaining men to one last valiant charge in the name of Rome and their home.
70. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (killing at least 33 young men) was very active in local community activities. As a result of his contributions, he met and was photographed with then-First Lady Rosalynn Carter and given special security clearance by the secret service.
71Sonny Graham
A man once received a heart transplant from a suicide victim, married the donor's widow, then killed himself four years later in the same manner as the donor.
72. 18th-century Prussian king Frederick William I was obsessed with having soldiers over 6 foot tall. He paid families for tall children, kidnapped tall men, bred them by pairing up his soldiers with tall women, and even stretched them on a rack to make them taller.
73. In 1922, Nikola Tesla imagined that his favorite pigeon told him that she was dying. When she actually did shortly after, he said that "something went out of his life and he knew his life's work was finished".
74. It snowed 8 inches on the eve of John F. Kennedy's inauguration. To clear Pennsylvania Avenue, an army of men worked all night, using flame-throwers.
75. Bohemian Grove is a 137-year-old secret camp, that Nixon called "The faggiest goddamn thing you could ever imagine". The camp is private and only open to the rich and powerful men of the world.
