Ida B. Wells certainly knew how to stand her ground. In 1884, a train conductor tried to force her out of her seat on the train in order to give a seat to a white man.
Wells refused and when the conductor got physical she retaliated by biting him. Not only that, but she sued the railroad company and (rightfully) won.
There May Have Been a Real-life Lone Ranger
Bass Reeves, a black U.S. Marshal was born a slave in 1838. After slavery was abolished, Bass Reeves became a U.S. Marshal.
During his career, Reeves arrested over 3,000 felons, including his own son!
This President Filed a UFO Report
Though still Governor of Georgia at the time, Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting to the U.S. Government while ascending in his political career.
We’d love to get our hands on that report and see just what Carter thought he saw.
The Obamas Had a Secret Service Code For When They Were Having Extra Special One-on-One Time
This cannot be confirmed nor denied, but it’s rumored that the code for the Obamas getting intimate was “they’re discussing the Bosnian problem.”
Several sources have contributed to the rumor, but of course, the Secret Services isn’t named so because they aren’t good at keeping them!
A Hospital Refused to Admit Al Capone Due to His Past
Johns Hopkins hospital refused famous mob boss Capone into their care even though he was extremely ill at the end of his life. The mobster was still able to find care, however, from the Union Memorial Hospital.
Capone was so grateful for the hospital’s “hospitality” that he donated two Japanese weeping cherry trees to the medical center.