26Steve McQueen
American actor Steve McQueen was demoted to private seven times by the Marines. He then saved the lives of other Marines by pulling them from a sinking tank, after which he was assigned to guard the presidential yacht of US President Harry Truman.
27. The ABC TV show Turn-On debuted in February 1969. The first episode was so bad, one affiliate refused to return to it after the commercial break. Several west coast affiliates refused to air the show at all. Before the first episode had finished playing, the show was canceled.
28. In 1973, a convicted child killer named Lester Eubanks was taken out shopping unescorted as a reward for good behavior. He did not return to his scheduled pick-up location and has been on the run ever since.
29. Tony Hawk runs a charity for building good community skateparks in low-income areas.
30. In 2001, the Mongolian Navy consisted of just 7 members, and only one knew how to swim.
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31Grizzly bears
One of the last grizzly bears in California was captured in 1889 and brought to San Francisco as a publicity stunt. It then spent 22 years on display in a concrete cell in Golden Gate Park. After he died, 1200-lb ‘Monarch’ was stuffed, again put on display, and became the bear depicted on California’s state flag.
32. Fuzzy dice hanging on a rearview mirror is a good luck charm with the origins based on World War 2 pilots keeping gambling trinkets in their airplanes.
