1. Michael Jackson
After the death of Michael Jackson, his sister La Toya said she found hard drives at his house that contained more than 1,000 unreleased songs. Sony bought the rights for 250 million dollars.
2. Book
There is a book titled "Everything men knows about women" that has about 100 pages, all pages are blank.
3. Titanic ship nurse, Violet Jessop
Violet Jessop, a ship nurse. She served on all the three 'sisters,' Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic. When she was on board, the Britannic hit an underwater mine and sank, the Olympic collided with a warship and nearly fell, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, Violet survived all three.
4. Smart Toilet
Scientists have designed an intelligent toilet that can read your anus like a fingerprint and analyzes the user's urine and feces to monitor for infections, even certain cancers, such as colorectal or urologic cancers.
5. World's most elongate burning bulb
This longest burning light bulb was installed in 1901 and had been glowing for over 110 years straight. It has a carbon filament that is eight times thicker than a new bulb.
6. Blind author, Trish Vickers
A blind author, Trish Vickers who wrote 26 pages of her 1st novel without realizing her pen had run out of ink. The local police force used the forensic lab to find the missing words, and the book was published on the day of her death.
7. Toothpaste
Drinking Orange juice after brushing your teeth tastes terrible because of a foaming ingredient in it, which blocks your ability to taste sweetness so that you will taste only pure acidity and bitterness of the fruit.
8. Waitress
A waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. And then, she was sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her that ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex-husband and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
9. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all govt. UFO information to the public. Once he elected, he decided not to do so, due to 'national security concerns.'
10. Super Mario
The game character Super Mario is named after real-life businessman Mario Segale, who was renting out a warehouse to Nintendo. After Nintendo fell far behind on rent, Segale gave them a second chance instead of evicting them to come up with the money. Nintendo succeeded and named their main character Mario.
11. Brain Tumor
In 1984, a woman started hearing a voice in her head. The agent told her she had a brain tumor and where it was located, and how to treat it despite no other symptoms. Doctors eventually ordered tests and found a tumor where the voice said it would be.
12. Mike Day
In 2007, The Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and hit by a grenade, but he killed all four of the gunmen and walked out to the extraction helicopter. He recovered and living with his family.
13. Scotland Slogan
In 2007, Scotland spent almost six months of research and 162,972 dollars to create a new slogan, which would boost tourism. They came up with, "Welcome to Scotland."
14. Popcorn
Movie theatres popcorn is sold at almost 1275% markup.
15. Underwater Mailbox
There is an underwater mailbox in Japan. Up to 1500 letters are dropped here by divers every year.
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