26Glass Factory Roof Collapse
In 1900 at a college football game in San Francisco, hundreds of people climbed on to the roof of a glass factory to watch the game. When the roof collapsed they were dumped into a hot glass furnace where 22 died and hundreds were injured.
27. “The Poop Patrol” is a group in San Francisco consisting of 5 people who get paid $184,000 annually to clean feces off the streets.
28. The 58-story Millennium Tower, a.k.a. the “Leaning Tower of San Francisco”, has sunk 18 inches with a lean of 14 inches (as of 2018). Residents have reported various “creaking” and “popping sounds.”
29. There is a golden fire hydrant in San Francisco that is said to have been the only functioning hydrant during the 1906 earthquake and is credited with saving the historic Mission District neighborhood in the ensuing fires. It is painted with a fresh coat of gold paint each April 18.
30. San Francisco had an outbreak of bubonic plague between 1900 and 1904 that killed 119 people. While city officials acted quickly to contain it, California Governor Henry Gage covered it up to protect the powerful railroads and other businesses. Some newspapers helped by defaming the city health commissioner.
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31Therapy Pig
To help airline passengers deal with travel anxiety, San Francisco International Airport has hired the nation's first airport therapy pig. LiLou wears costumes and performs tricks to help travelers calm down before boarding their flights.
32. The Westin St Francis Hotel in San Francisco employs someone to wash and clean the coins that pass through the tills and has done so since 1938.
33. San Francisco International Airport is essentially built on top of 267 ball bearings whose support columns are capable of moving 20 inches in any direction during an earthquake.
34. Alcatraz was the only federal prison at the time to offer hot-water showers for its inmates because the prison staff felt the inmates would find the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay almost impossible to withstand during an escape attempt.
35. In September 1950, the US Navy sprayed San Francisco with "harmless" bacteria to simulate a biological attack. The not-so-harmless bacteria caused a spike in a rare UTI, killing one man. A lawsuit against the government was rejected on the grounds that the government-held legal immunity.
