26Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American Oscar winner, was required to sit at a segregated table; her white agent, William Meiklejohn, sat at the same table. The hotel hosting the ceremony had a strict no-blacks policy but allowed McDaniel in as a favor.
27. Spain had a king named Charles II of Spain who was so malformed due to incest that he couldn't close his mouth and ended up destroying his entire dynasty.
28. Among other pranks, the pirate Benjamin Hornigold once captured a ship and its crew only to take their hats, telling them that they had gotten too drunk the night before and thrown them overboard.
29. There is a program called Rigs-to-Reef that transforms old oil rigs into reefs, and that there are over 3800 oil rigs on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.
30. Sum 41's album, Chuck, was named after a peacekeeper that saved the band (by acting as a human shield) from mortar fire.
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31Mississippi
In Mississippi, punishable by jail time of not less than 30 days, it's illegal to have a second illegitimate child.
32. OK Go wanted to distribute their album in the form of DNA and became the first band whose album was blocked by the FDA.
33. Astronauts use liquid salt and pepper because the normal type would just float away and be a safety hazard.
34. NOAA has had a 400 sq ft underwater research base for 30 years; long-term residents are called 'aquanauts'
35. “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service.
