26Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga's stage name came from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga". "One day when Fusari addressed a cell phone text to Germanotta under the moniker 'Radio Gaga' [and] his cell phone's spell check converted 'Radio' to 'Lady.' Germanotta loved it, and 'Lady Gaga' was born."
27. The Allies detained Germany's nuclear scientists in an English farm estate after the war. Their conversations were secretly recorded, giving us clues about their opinions on the war and on nuclear weapons.
28. The hat shop (James Lock & Co.) that created the Bowler Hat in 1849 is still around today and was founded all the way back in 1676, making it the World's Oldest hat shop.
29. Karen Wetterhahn, a researcher at Dartmouth College, died within a year of exposure to merely 2 drops of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand.
30. Future U.S. President Franklin Pierce grew homesick while at school in another town and walked 12 miles (19 km) back to his home. His father fed him dinner, drove him part of the distance back to school, then ordered him to walk the rest of the way in a thunderstorm.
