26Maggie L. Walker
The first woman to establish a bank in the USA was an African-American named Maggie L. Walker in 1903. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was one of the few to survive the Great Depression and, after a merger, still exists today.
27. The Warty Comb Jelly Fish does not have an anus in a fixed location on its body. Instead, an anus develops when the jelly needs to defecate and disappears when it’s done.
28. A pair of Miami DJ’s prank called Fidel Castro in 2003. They pretended to be Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to get Castro on the line and had a brief chat before telling Castro he had been fooled. Castro responded with a brief verbal tirade. The radio station was later fined $4,000.
29. If you pay the full cash bail to the court, that money is required to be returned to you after all court appearances have been fulfilled and you were found not guilty. If you paid a bail bondsman, that money is not returned because it is deemed their fee for service.
30. During the Korean War, hundreds of American pilots fought and died in a hot aerial war with the Soviet Union, which flew 75% of all fighter missions in support of North Korea. This was kept secret by both countries until the end of the Cold War to avoid pressure for confrontation.
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31Concorde
Concorde flew so high that passengers received twice the dose of radiation than flying in a conventional aircraft, which was believed to increase cancer risk. The flight deck had a radiometer so that they could descend in case of a solar storm.
32. In 1885, Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance.
