In 1955, Federal agents arrested John Gilbert Graham for blowing up an airplane but learned that it was not in fact a federal crime to blow up an airplane. Colorado instead charged him for the murder of his mother, a passenger on the plane. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gilbert_Graham
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WTF Fun Fact – Sausage Queen
In 1955, the Zion Meat Company held a beauty pageant during their national hot dog week and declared Geene Courtney the Sausage Queen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.littlethings.com/funny-bizarre-beauty-queens-1950s-1960s/1