31. Magician/Comedian Penn Gillette created and patented a special placement of a hot tub jet which is aimed to arouse women. – Source
32. That World’s largest cruise ship ‘Oasis of the Seas’, which measures around four football fields, narrowly passed with about a 20 inch gap under the suspension bridge of Great Belt Fixed Link (a Denmark) by increasing the speed in order to lower the ship in water which is also known as ‘squat effect’. – Source
33. In 2004, an elephant charged and killed a mother and her child, then proceeded to bury their bodies before leaving the scene. – Source
34. There’s a town in Kentucky that was built inside a 3 mile-wide meteorite crater. The town claims to be the only one in the US built entirely inside a crater. It also claims to be the home of ragtime music. – Source
35. Marius A. Langbein, a German spy was sent to Canada during WW2. He decided to use his funds to move to Ottawa and then surrendered to Canadian authorities. During trial, Jury let him go because he didn’t do any damage or even spying – Source
36. Until 1899, wristwatches were primarily worn by women. It was only due to the Boer War that British soldiers adopted wristwatches, finding their traditional pocket watches too cumbersome. – Source
37. Amongst industrialized nations, Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership, but has nearly half the rate of gun-related deaths that the United States has. – Source
38. The theory of an infinite universe was first proposed by a Greek philosopher named Archytas of Tarentum ~400 B.C., reasoning that even if he did reach the end of the universe he would still be able extend his staff beyond the boundary. – Source
39. Inventor Ray Kurzweil takes 150 supplements, eight to 10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green tea every day and drinks several glasses of red wine a week in an effort to “reprogram” his biochemistry so that he might live longer. – Source 43. A nomadic man travels the Pacific Northwest in a short bus offering free tea and friendship to anyone who will sit and converse with him in or around his bus. – Source
40. In some states, passengers in a drunk driver’s car can be arrested and charged with reckless endangerment for allowing the driver to drive drunk. – Source
41. Pixar animators working to finish Toy Story 2 had such a heavy workload that many chose to work long hours even though Pixar discouraged it. Animators developed carpal tunnel syndrome, and one even forgot he had left his baby in the backseat of his car all day. – Source
42. After mature male bull elephants are sent off to fend for themselves they do not become lone wanderers detached from any community. The males travel together, drink together and form friendships that, like human relationships, may change with the seasons or last a lifetime. – Source
43. F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing he was a failure. Two years later 155,000 copies of ‘The Great Gatsby’ were shipped to WWII soldiers overseas, making it a widespread success. As of 1945 it’s believed to be a classic, selling 500,000 copies annually. – Source
44. Albert Einstein originally wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him that the US would lose the nuclear arms race to Germany. Years later, he admitted that he regretted signing that letter, the letter that apparently caused the nuclear arms race itself. – Source
45. Before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while until it was abandoned. – Source
46. In 2009, the President and Cabinet of the Maldives held a meeting underwater in SCUBA gear sign a declaration calling for global cuts in carbon emissions. The Maldives is expected to disappear under rising seawater this century. – Source
47. Mythbuster’s Grant Imahara built the R2-D2 in Star Wars Ep.1&2, and the Energizer Bunny. – Source
48. After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Memorial Medical Centre was left with no power, no running water, and the temperatures inside above 100?. The caregivers chose to hasten the deaths of some patients by injecting them with lethal doses of morphine. – Source
49. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball avoided using ethnic jokes, as well as humour based on physical handicaps or mental disabilities during the run of “I Love Lucy” due to a belief in “basic good taste”. – Source
50. In India, there are 500 years old bridges weaved from living roots that can withstand the monsoon floods and don’t ever rot, instead they grow stronger with time. – Source
51. The US Secret Service uses code names (assigned by White House Communications agency) for the US Presidents, first ladies, and prominent persons. Earlier it was for security purposes but now it’s just for brevity, clarity, and tradition. – Source
52. There is a mountain called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand and its name translates to “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.” – Source
53. In Egypt, actors were not allowed to testify in court because they were seen as professional liars – Source
54. Even after taking fourteen bullets from Al Capone’s gang in the Valentine’s Day Massacre, a Northside mobster, Frank Gusenburg, told police “No one shot me” as he lay dying. – Source
55. Reagan and a democrat majority congress pass the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 granting amnesty to nearly 3 million illegal immigrants. – Source
56. In 2010, a couple purchased the town of “Wauconda”, in Washington, for just $360,000. It came with a café, a gas station, a post office, a four-bedroom house and their own zip code. – Source
57. There’s a 37% chance that the Cascadia fault will produce an earthquake within in the next 50 years powerful enough to destroy the Pacific NW. – Source
58. The Grim Reaper was most commonly depicted carrying a scythe as imagery to death was an extension of an agrarian society in which harvesting, done in the fall, represented the death of another year. – Source
59. Terry Crews supplemented his income in the NFL by painting portraits of his teammates. In some cases, this was his primary income. He typically earned $5,000 for a two-month commission to support his whole family. – Source
60. The “couple” in the famous V-J Day in Times Square photo were actually complete strangers. The sailor was drunk and grabbed the nurse who didn’t see him approaching. She later said “That man was very strong. I wasn’t kissing him. He was kissing me.” – Source