Cruise Ship Secrets Hidden In Plain Sight

The More You Know

• The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
• In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
• If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
• In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.