26Boot Monument
There is a Boot Monument in Saratoga National Park, New York. It is the only war memorial in the U.S. that doesn't name its honoree because he is the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold.
27. Over 20,000 people have purchased Alien Abduction Insurance. The insurance policy is redeemed if the insured person can prove they were abducted by aliens and returned to Earth. Some companies offer policies for alien pregnancy, alien examinations, and death caused by aliens.
28. Back in 19th century Australia, a common cure for rheumatism was to sit inside a dead whale for 30 hours.
29. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Québec is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
30. In 480 B.C., two Persian pontoon bridges across the Dardanelles were destroyed by a storm. Hot-tempered King Xerxes I punished the strait by throwing fetters into it, whipping it 300 times, and branding it with hot irons, while his soldiers were commanded to shout at the water.
