26Chief Sitting Bull
During the Battle of the Little Bighorn with American troops led by General Custer, Chief Sitting Bull moved within rifle range, methodically filled his pipe, encouraged others to join him, slowly smoked as bullets flew by, and returned unscathed as a display of contempt and courage.
27. Christian Bale had dental work done to make his teeth more perfect for American Psycho (2000) to match the superficial appearance of his character Patrick Bateman.
28. During World War 2, a Japanese-American woman named Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) used double entendres to make farce of Japanese propaganda on her Radio Tokyo show “The Zero Hour” which was broadcasted to Allied troops in the South Pacific. She also used part of her $7 a month paycheck to smuggle food to American POWs. She was named a traitor by the USA and arrested for treason. It took her 30 years for her to prove her innocence.
29. In the 1950s, there used to be a bus route from London in England to Calcutta in India. It took about 50 days for the bus to reach Calcutta from London.
30. Sonya Thomas is a competitive eater who in 2005 held 22 world eating titles with a bodyweight of just 99 pounds. She even defeated elite male and female competitors twice her size or more.
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31Brian May's Banjo String
Queen guitarist Brian May uses banjo strings on his electric guitars. Banjo strings are much lighter (thinner) and can bend much easier, giving it that signature Queen sound.
32. Odette Sansom Hallowes was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War 2. She was captured by the Gestapo, interrogated, tortured, and sentenced to death twice. She survived the war and was the first woman to be awarded the United Kingdom’s George Cross. In 1951, her George Cross medal was stolen, but later returned with an apology note.
33. The Salvation Army was originally opposed by and fought with The Skeleton Army which was composed of lower and working-class citizens, punks, and miscreants who objected to the SA's views on abstinence and cleanliness.
34. Actor Matt Doherty, who played Les Averman in the Mighty Ducks films, didn't know how to skate or play hockey at all when he was cast in the first movie. By the time they shot the 3rd movie, he was captain of his high school hockey team and had been offered a scholarship to play in college.
35. Historic hydrological landmarks named hunger stones (hungerstein) are strewn throughout Central Europe near rivers, which are marked with inscriptions that are visible only when the water flow gets low enough. These were used to warn the future generations of droughts that could cause famines.
