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Mars to Stay Initiative
1. The Mars to Stay initiative proposes that the first astronauts sent to Mars should go with the intent to remain there permanently. Once habitability is confirmed, astronauts would convert unused emergency return vehicles into settlements. This approach would not only reduce costs but also ensure a permanent human settlement on Mars.
2. In 1829, after his inauguration in Washington, President Andrew Jackson headed to the White House as 20,000 citizens followed, and the mansion stood open to the public into the early 20th century. As the crowd jammed the rooms, they grew so rowdy, Jackson had to flee the White House to a hotel to get clear of the crush. Aides finally drew people outside with tubs of whiskey and orange juice.
3. Hammerhead sharks mate once every year, with the male often biting the female aggressively until she consents to mate.
4. In Native American folklore, the Trickster is a cryptid character reputed to have such an extraordinarily long penis that he stores it in a box carried on his back.
5. Hell's Kitchen is a neighborhood in Manhattan, NYC most likely named after 2 cops watching an Irish riot. The rookie said "this is hell," and the veteran said, "It's hotter. It's Hell's Kitchen."
6. Certain horse owners introduce goldfish into water troughs to control mosquitoes and algae by keeping the troughs clean.
7. The actress who portrayed B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager has gone on to direct episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Under the Dome, Treme, Heroes, Melrose Place, and Lost.
8. In 2010 the average annual salary for teachers in Switzerland was $112,000 per year.
9. In 1918, Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, took to the skies over France as a U.S. Army Air Service pilot in World War I. German aircraft shot him down in aerial combat, and his Nieuport crashed near Chamery. German forces buried him with full military honors. He remains the only child of a U.S. president killed in combat.
10. Since the first atomic bomb tests, the air contains enough radioactive particles to contaminate modern steel, making it unsuitable for highly sensitive radiological instruments. As a result, only pre-atomic-test steel, such as that recovered from sunken warships, is used in these devices today.
