Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #132.
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. In 2013, a man in Michigan whose house was slated for demolition switched the house numbers with his neighbor so the crew demolished the wrong house. Regardless, the man’s plan didn’t work for long. Crews returned later to actually tear down the right one. – Source
2. Every restaurant from Season 2 of Kitchen Nightmares has closed. – Source
3. In Bram Stokers’ original novel, Dracula is not killed by sunlight, but just becomes weaker from sun exposure. – Source
4. Suicide candidates in 18th-century Denmark were afraid to take their own lives because they believed it would send them to hell. Instead, they resorted to killing other people to receive the death penalty and repented before execution, believing that doing so would send them to heaven. – Source
5. James Huberty called a mental health clinic, left his name, and waited for hours for them to return his call. His name was written down as “Shouberty” and the call was a non-crisis because Huberty was so polite. The next day he carried out one of America’s worst rampage killings. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. A Michigan State University professor has created a transparent solar panel that can be used in buildings to potentially power the entire building. It can also be retrofitted to older glass buildings to still harness power. – Source
7. Of all the missing children whose photos were publicized on milk cartons in America, only one was ever found alive. – Source
8. The Copsey Brothers who were the first men to build a jail in Lower Lake, California, were also the first to occupy it, after celebrating its completion too enthusiastically in a local saloon. They also were the first to escape it, after they realized that they had forgotten to nail down the roof. – Source
9. When Pocahontas married John Rolfe, the uproar in British court had nothing to do with race. It was because a princess had married a commoner. – Source
10. If you collapse an underwater bubble with sound waves, light is produced. This phenomenon is called sonoluminescence. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. In 1919, Army Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower took part in a cross country convoy. Due to poor road conditions, they averaged only 5mph from D.C. to San Francisco. This experience led to his creation of the Interstate Highway System during his presidency. – Source
12. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was elected with 100% of the votes. The ballot listed only him. Citizens are allowed to cross out his name and write in a new one, but they must step outside the election booth to do so, and write down the new name in front of election officials. – Source
13. Los Angeles County in California has higher population than 43 U.S. states. – Source
14. In 2002, a man in U.K. attempted to refuse to pay a £25 motoring ticket by invoking the right to trial by combat, challenging the Driving Vehicle and Licensing Agency to elect a champion to do combat with him. – Source
15. Muhammad Ali threw his 1960 Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River, after he was refused service at a “whites-only” restaurant.- Source
16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles sang the studio recording of “Eternal Flame” completely naked due to the producer pranking her by telling her Olivia Newton John had done the same thing. He later told Hoffs he had been lying the whole time. – Source
17. Disney was planning on making a short film featuring Mickey Mouse as Christopher Columbus discovering America. It got cancelled because the animation team was unsure how to animate the native people Mickey would have to encounter in a non-offensive way. – Source
18. In Canada, text messages to landlines are converted into voice messages, so friends or family members who don’t have a mobile phone can listen on a landline. English and French is supported. – Source
19. Blue’s Clues was one of the first shows to use software like Media 100, Photoshop and After Effects to do their animation, and were able to produce episodes four times faster than traditional methods as a result, surprising even Adobe themselves. – Source
20. In January 2015, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and dozens of artificial intelligence experts signed an open letter on AI, calling for research on the societal impacts and urging researchers not to create something which cannot be controlled. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Most predators have eyes facing forward while most preys have eyes on the sides of their head. – Source
22. In 2003, a cargo plane in Iraq was struck by a missile in mid-air, lost complete control of the aircraft, but managed to become the first aircraft in history to land successfully using only varying engine power to steer, only to land in a minefield. – Source
23. Ronald Reagan carried the card containing nuclear launch codes with him in his pockets. After his attempted assassination, the card was found lying in one of his shoes outside the Emergency Room, unsecured. – Source
24. In 2007, after increased local logging, the Brazilian Government declared a 31 sq. mile area off limits to protect the last surviving member of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon. – Source
25. In 1986, a system admin looking into a $0.75 accounting error at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California uncovered a KGB hacker that was stealing nuclear secrets. – Source
