In 2006, NASA reluctantly admitted that they could not find the original tapes of the famous 1969 moon landing.
Of course, copies exist, but embarrassingly the space agency realized that someone had actually taped over the original footage. I’m sure nobody is jumping to admit to that mistake!
Amelia Earhart Did This In Her Pilot’s Jacket
In order to gain some street cred, Earhart slept in her pilot’s jacket for at least three nights in order to make it look like she had worn it more often than she actually did.
She knew it would be difficult to face other pilots as a female, so she did what she had to do to fit in and look like she had more experience than she actually had.
This College Bar Has A Risque Legacy
An attendee of the University of Illinois, Hugh Hefner took a liking to a college bar named Bunny’s Tavern.
The bar was named after its owner, Bernard “Bunny” Fitzsimmons,” but it would soon have quite a different meaning after Hefner graduated and began his famous business, Playboy.
This Famous Amusement Park Used to Ban Facial Hair
All the way up until 2012, the famous Disneyland Amusement Park would not allow its employees to have facial hair.
Perhaps it had something to do with a feeling of eternal youth, but until 1970 not even visitors were allowed to have beards, mustaches, or shaggy hair. Or maybe Disney just wanted to feel special, as he sported a mustache for most of his life.
In 1917 the Shortest Debate Ever Recorded Was Held
In Chicago, an interesting debate was held titled, “Resolved: That People Who Attend Literary Debates are Imbeciles.”
Perhaps more of an early kind of performance art or statement piece, the debaters only made it through one round. The first said, “the affirmative rests,” to which his opponent replied, “You win.”