26John Franzese
John Franzese was a mob boss who was taped by an informant discussing the ideal method of disposing of a body. He recommended taking 30 minutes to an hour to dismember the body in a kiddie pool, dry the parts in a microwave and finally mulch them in a commercial-grade garbage disposal.
27. Chicago gangs in the 1970s and 80s made business cards, or "compliment cards," with member nicknames, associated symbols and turf, and the names and symbols of rival gangs. These cards were used to show affiliation, recruit new members, and disrespect rival gangs by inverting their symbols.
28. In the Warlord Era (1916-1928), when a Chinese assassin named Shi Jianqiao was 19-years-old, her warlord father was defeated and executed by a rival, Sun Chuanfang. Shi spent her 20s tracking Sundown, killing him in 1935. Chinese society was so moved by her act of filial revenge that the court pardoned her.
29. The notorious mob hitman Joseph “Mad Dog” Sullivan was credited with the murders of 20-30 people including Irish mobster Micky Spillane and was the only person to ever escape Attica prison
30. The residents of the Spanish village Villar de Corneja near Avila, where the average age is 75, toast the New Year 12 hours before the rest of their countrymen in a collective decision to get to bed at a decent hour.
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31Oradour-sur-Glane
The Nazis massacred the entire village of Oradour-sur-Glane in France, killing 642 people, including 247 children. Unlike other Nazi village massacre sites, which were razed or rebuilt and marked by monuments or fields of roses, the charred remains of the village have been left untouched.
32. A village named Yangsi in China where no foreigners are allowed to visit has a population of 80 out of which 36 are dwarves. The exact cause behind this phenomenon is unknown.
33. Kodinhi, a tiny village in India's southern state of Kerala, has a surprisingly high twins birth rate. 42 out of every 1000 births is a twin, which is almost six times as high as the global average of around 6 per 1000 births. No genetic or environmental factor has been ascertained to this phenomenon yet.
34. Whitwell, a tiny English village twinned itself with Paris after writing to the Mayor of Paris proposing a twinning, receiving no reply, assuming it was fine, and so put up road signs declaring it official.
35. The houses in the Indian village of Shani Shingnapur have no locks or doors. The villagers believing that Lord Shani, the God of Saturn, guards the village and that thieves will immediately be punished with blindness, and anyone dishonest will face 7.5 years of bad luck.
36Dulmial
Dulmial was a village in British India which is known for sending every able-bodied man to fight in World War 1. The village sent 460 soldiers, which was more than any other single village in what was then British India.
37. The village of Kaskaskia in Illinois is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. In the early 1800s, it was on the east, and was even the state capitol for a few years, until floods moved the river and the town was left on the opposite bank from the rest of the state.
