26Titan Cronus
According to Greek Mythology, the Titan Cronus, who, fearing that he would be overthrown by his children, devoured them upon birth. His fear came true when Zeus, his youngest son, took over his throne.
27. During the Romanian Revolution, when dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was captured, he was secretly wearing a clip that was meant to transmit his position to his security force. Unbeknownst to him, the signals were blocked by the armored vehicle he and his wife were in. Help never came, and they were executed.
28. The woodlouse is a common crustacean that goes back 100 million years and has over 50 different common names used around the world.
29. Tennessee Senator Luke Lea entered the Netherlands with fake passports and firearms in 1919 in an unauthorized attempt to kidnap the recently exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. Suspicious of the strange men entering his estate, the Kaiser refused to meet them. The Senator fled, stealing a bronze ashtray.
30. The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British POWs imprisoned in Colditz Castle in World War 2. Made mostly of stolen wood and cloth, the glider could fit two men and was constructed in an attic above the chapel. The POWs finished the glider just before being liberated, and it never flew.
