Interesting facts...... 31. In 1935 a writer named Dudley Nichols refused to accept the Oscar for his movie The Informer because the Writers Guild was on strike against the movie studios. In 1970 George C. Scott refused the Best Actor Oscar for Patton. In 1972 Marlon Brando refused the Oscar for his role in The Godfather. 32. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD. 33. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, youll feel thirsty. If its reduced by 10%, youll die. 34. According to a study by the Economic Research Service, 27% of all food production in Western nations ends up in garbage cans. Yet, 1,2 billion people are underfed - the same number of people who are overweight. 35. Camels are called ships of the desert because of the way they move, not because of their transport capabilities. A Dromedary camel has one hump and a Bactrian camel two humps. The humps are used as fat storage. Thus, an undernourished camel will not have a hump. 36. In the Durango desert, in Mexico, theres a creepy spot called the Zone of Silence. You cant pick up clear TV or radio signals. And locals say fireballs sometimes appear in the sky. 37. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T. 38. Bill Gates first business was Traff-O- Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road. 39. Uranus orbital axis is tilted at 90 degrees. 40. The final resting-place for Dr. Eugene Shoemaker - the Moon. The famed U.S. Geological Survey astronomer, trained the Apollo astronauts about craters, but never made it into space. Mr. Shoemaker had wanted to be an astronaut but was rejected because of a medical problem. His ashes were placed on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft before it was launched on January 6, 1998. NASA crashed the probe into a crater on the moon in an attempt to learn if there is water on the moon.
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