In 1944, codenames related to the D-Day plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, which the British Secret Services initially suspected to be a form of espionage.
Famously he offered 26-year-old Ohio housewife Michelle Murray the option (in return for a reduced prison sentence) of spending a night in the woods for abandoning 35 kittens in a forest in wintertime
Stolen peaches, wild dogs and rampant cheating... just some of the fun of the 1904 olympic marathon. I nominate this as the most entertaining article on Wikipedia!