26Marius A. Langbein
During World War 2, a German agent named Marius A. Langbein landed in Canada to observe and report shipping movements at Montreal and Halifax. Soon after landing, he abandoned his assigned task and moved to live in Ottawa, where he lived off his mission funds. He eventually surrendered to authorities and was found not guilty of espionage.
27. A 72-year-old man named Jim Anixter is nicknamed the “pink hat man” because he owns Cub’s tickets and sits behind the home plate, but wears a pink hat so that his wife knows that he is at the game and not cheating on her.
28. Ants have been found to care and treat other ants after raid on a termite nest and mortally wounded ants have been found to refuse treatment.
29. Humans have a negativity bias that makes us continuously look for bad news. The trait stems from early humans who developed it as a survival mechanism.
30. Salvador Dalí designed the Chupa Chups logo. He also suggested that rather than being placed on the side, the logo should be placed on top of the lollipop allowing it to always be seen when intact.
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31Ant colony
There is a colony of ants with no queen, no males and no offspring, which is comprised entirely of non-reproductive females that live in a disused nuclear bunker in Poland. The colony is supplemented by ants falling through holes in the ventilation from which they cannot escape.
32. Residents of a UK housing estate installed special pink lights that highlight skin blemishes and acne to discourage teenagers from gathering there and causing trouble.
33. Sheep shearing is not animal cruelty. If sheep are not sheared they can experience a lot of health problems. A sheep in Australia went unsheared for six years after it escaped a farm. When he was found, he had five times the wool of normal sheep, with damaged hooves and skin infections from urine trapped under his wool.
34. In the years following the American president Kennedy assassination, when she found herself in need of money, Lee Harvey Oswald's mother named Marguerite Oswald would go to Dealey Plaza and sell her autograph to tourists.
35. While Richard Nixon was on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1959, high levels of radiation were detected in the room he was staying in. Secret Service purposely argued about the radiation and how to handle it in an area they knew the Soviets had bugged. Three hours later, the radiation disappeared.
