Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #253.
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. Roseanne Barr was offered the role of Peg Bundy on ‘Married with Children’ but turned it down to create her own sitcom ‘Roseanne.’ Both shows are credited with pioneering sitcoms about dysfunctional families. – Source
2. La Cucaracha is about a cockroach that dies because it can’t smoke weed. – Source
3. In 2014, a spiritual healer in Pakistan claimed he could resurrect the dead. A 40-year-old man volunteered to die. Once the healer realized the volunteer wasn’t coming back to life, he was taken into custody. – Source
4. 7 members of an isolated Indian tribe emerged from the Amazon and made contact with people in a village near the Peruvian border because “violent attacks” by outsiders had driven them from the forest. Later, details emerged that their elder relatives were massacred and their houses set on fire. – Source
5. When musician Israel Kamakawiwo’ole passed in 1997, he was the first and only citizen to receive the honor of having the Hawaii state flag flown at half-staff. His coffin was allowed to “lay in state” in the capitol building. Since then, in 2003 a bronze bust of Brother Iz was erected on O’ahu. – Source
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6. Nuclear bombers from the Cold War were typically painted white or with a white underside to reflect light from the nuclear blast it would deliver, the paint is called “anti-flash white”. – Source
7. A woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess, but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince. – Source
8. Soap operas have their distinct look due to their significant restrained budgets, leading to cost-saving lighting methodologies and video storage formats (including VHS tapes). – Source
9. The original Rambo 3 VHS release had in the end credits: “Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters”, later changed to “Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.” – Source
10. A 45 year-old Canadian named Jean Béliveau spent 11 years walking around the world. He traveled over 75,000 km and burned through 54 pairs of shoes. – Source
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11. One of the three people who died in the crash of Asiana Flight 214 (2013) was actually killed when they were run over by a responding fire truck. – Source
12. Mel Brooks produced ‘The Elephant Man & The Fly’. He purposely left his name off out the advertisements so people didn’t think they were comedies. – Source
13. In Germany (and other parts of Europe) there are brass plaques set in the sidewalks in front of the former homes of people who fell victim to German Nazism. – Source
14. The “Ephors” of Ancient Sparta were a council of 5 men that held the power to depose the Spartan Kings or elder councilmen, who were elected for 1 year terms and were ineligible for re-election afterwards. – Source
15. Lady Jane Grey was executed simply for being related to Henry VIII and for being nominated Queen by her cousin. Even the executioner asked for her forgiveness before carrying out the beheading. – Source
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16. EPA has approved the use of beer hops to help save the bee population in the United States and stop Colony Collapse Disorder. – Source
17. Whilst left-handed and right-handed people have similar IQ scores, people who identify as ambidextrous have significantly lower levels, particularly in arithmetic, memory and reasoning. The exact reason for this is unknown. – Source
18. In 1965, NASA tested out the effects of being in a vacuum on dogs which resulted in “simultaneous defecation, projectile vomiting and urination. They suffered massive seizures. Their tongues were often coated in ice and the dogs swelled to resemble an inflated goatskin bag.” – Source
19. Curling is believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports. – Source
20. In the summer of 1943, an early copy of the plans for D-Day blew out of a window in Norfolk House, London. A man who was passing by handed them in, saying his sight was too bad to read them. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. There is no concept of an ‘Alpha’ Wolf in the wild and a wolf pack is nothing but two parents along with their younger cubs – Source
22. The country of Bhutan charges tourists a fee of $250/day, but that pays for food, lodging, travel, and guides. – Source
23. The U.S. hasn’t been hit by a major hurricane (category 4 or 5) since 2005, the longest ‘hurricane drought’ in recorded history. Sandy wasn’t a major hurricane (only a Cat 3 at its peak, and an on and off tropical depression/Cat 1 by the time it hit the US). It just ended up doing a ton of damage to an area that was ill-equipped to handle a hurricane in the first place. Ike was a Category 2. – Source
24. In 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked ‘Rage Against the Machine’ at a venue for tractor and monster truck shows. The locals panicked and businesses boarded up thinking the band’s followers would riot and vandalize everything. – Source
25. The largest plane to ever successfully land and take off from an aircraft carrier was a C-130 named “Look Ma, No Hook” to brag about how it needed neither an arresting hook nor a catapult assist. – Source
The cucaracha one is wrong.its about a cockroach that cant walk anymore because it has no legs
Actually, that’s the kids version. The original adult version is what they are referring to.
The article and you guys are all partially Right and Wrong
La Cucaracha is NOT about a Dying cockroach as the article mention, but just about a Cockroach life.
However the Choir of the song, does mention that it Can Not Walk Anymore because it Run-Out of Marijuana to Smoke (sometimes changed for “Tequila to drink”)… the rest of the verses does not mention any drug or alcohol, they are just funny colloquial verses from the Mexican Revolution (Please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Cak2YFgb0 about the study of the “Real” Cucaracha {Sorry this is in Spanish} also try the original version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_27Hi1In6o )
In other words:
The Cockroach is NOT dying, the song is NOT about a Cockroach using marijuana, and it was NEVER meant to be a children song…LA CUCARACHA is a Mexican Revolutionary Song, that like most of the music of the era have a lot of “inappropriate” or “Political Incorrect” lyrics and because of that reason the lyrics have changed hundredths of times to make it PC in the USA and small parts in Mexico. (BTW most of the times this song and several others were not even sang, the melody was played for the Revolutionaries to dance and relax en between battles)