16. A man who survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge in an attempt to take his own life was saved by a sea lion who kept him afloat until rescuers could reach him.
SOURCE17. The Eternal Fire of Baba Gurgur was a natural gas vent that is estimated to have been burning for over 4,000 years.
SOURCE18. Wilton Norman Chamberlain claimed to have slept with as many as 20,000 women.
SOURCE19. In 1673, New York was briefly named "New Orange."
SOURCE20. Every cruise ship required to have both body bags and a morgue.
SOURCE21. The first recorded sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) was in 1440 BC in ancient Egypt, according to hieroglyphs.
SOURCE22. People with auto-brewery syndrome can get drunk from consuming a high carbohydrate diet.
SOURCE23. Oysters change their sex up to four times a year.
SOURCE24. A 'murdermonger' is a person who commits or incites murder.
SOURCE25. White chocolate contains no chocolate.
SOURCE26. According to the Military Times analysis, the US military spends $41.6 million annually on Viagra alone, five times the estimated spending on transition-related medical care for transgender troops.
SOURCE27. You could fit all the planets in the solar system between the earth and the moon.
SOURCE28. Betty Lou Oliver holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fall survived in a lift(elevator). She survived a plunge of 75 stories (1,000 ft) in a lift in the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
SOURCE29. The world’s oldest hotel has been operating since 705 AD.
SOURCE30. The Flintstones lasted 30 years as the most profitable cartoon franchise until The Simpsons came along in late 1989, outlasted it.
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