26Nikolai Vavilov
Prominent Soviet scientist Nikolai Vavilov was obsessed with ending famine. He ended up created the world’s largest collection of plant seeds, advancing the genetic study of cultivated plants. He faced anti-Mendelian forces during the Stalin era, leading to arrest in 1940. Ironically, he died in captivity, by starvation.
27. After a bad date, a 16-year-old teen named Daniel LaPlante, dug a burrow into the crawl space of the girl’s home and terrorized her for months as the spirit of her late mother. He was discovered dressed as a bride, wielding a hatchet by her dad, before he was arrested.
28. The Tongan Castaways was the nickname given to six boys who stole a boat and were stranded on a deserted island in 1965, staying there for 15 months before rescue. They were called a real-life Lord of the Flies. They built a “commune” with a garden, permanent fire, gym, and a badminton court.
29. During The Great Depression, crop prices dropped so much some farm families burnt corn instead of coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper. Sometimes the countryside smelled like popcorn from all the corn burning in the kitchen stoves.
30. Researchers have recently noticed the existence of “harbinger zip codes”. Households in these zip codes tend to buy unpopular products that fail and tend to choose losing political candidates. Their home values also rise slower than surrounding zip codes. This is a yet to be explained phenomena where people are “out of sync” with the rest.
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31Millennials
Millennials in the ages between 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents instead of a spouse/partner. This has occurred for the first time since record-keeping began in the 1880s.
32. Elephant tusks are starting to get smaller and in the future, more Elephants will be without tusks because poachers have killed most elephants with big tusks and have removed them from the gene pool.
33. Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln was either present or nearby during the assassinations of three U.S presidents. After the third assassination, he vowed to never accept another presidential invite.
34. The Offspring's Album 'Smash' had a small budget of $20,000, which limited studio time. The last four songs recorded for the album were worked through in just two nights. 'Smash' went on to be the best-selling album released by an independent record label with over 11 million sales.
35. American lawyer Thurgood Marshall was almost lynched in Tennessee after winning the acquittals of 23 Black men. He was saved only because his co-counsel decided to follow Marshall and the police and intervene, instead of following orders to leave town.
