26Mars Human Settlements
Mars isn’t the kind of place you would want to raise your kids. One major concern of establishing human settlements on Mars is pregnancy. It is likely that members of the craft may engage in sex due to their stressful and isolated environment, and it is still not fully known how the environment in a spacecraft would affect the development of a child aboard.
27. Alan Lomax, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music, had a wide spectrum of musical performances, stories, jokes, and personal narratives for the US Library of Congress in the 1930s. His life's work is now digitally available.
28. In 1989, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped a Beverly Hills police officer in the face during a traffic stop. She was found guilty by a jury, and eventually served 3 days in jail.
29. During World War 2, the Sparrow Force was comprised mostly of Australian soldiers. They became stranded for 10 months on a Japanese-held island, fighting against 100-to-1 odds, with no radio for most of that time. When a radio was improvised, they sent the message, “Force intact. Still fighting. Badly need boots, quinine, money, and Tommy-gun ammunition.”
30. General Patton had training grounds in the Mojave Desert during World War 2 and tank tracks from that time are still visible. The area is now within the Mojave National Preserve and military debris can be found along with the compacted soil.
