Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #272.
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. The ‘fuel efficiency’ of walking is roughly equivalent to 360 miles per gallon. – Source
2. Jurors can legally return a ‘not guilty’ verdict if they believe the law is unjust regardless of whether or not the defendant actually committed the crime through a process called ‘jury nullification’ but judges rarely inform juries of this power. – Source
3. During Civil War, a person can pay $300 to escape the draft. The rationalization for this was that unwilling troops were ineffective so the government might as well extract funds to be used as war funds from the unwilling if it got poor service. – Source
4. Carl Stalling, the composer behind Bugs Bunny, spent 22 years working every day with a 50-piece orchestra at Warner Bros. Studios. He ultimately scored in excess of 600 cartoons at the rate of one score per week between 1936 and 1958. – Source
5. If Michael Phelps were a country he would be tied for 48th all time for Gold medals (13) and 64th all time for total medals (22). That includes summer and winter games. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. Cape Canaveral is part of the Diocese of Orlando, making its Bishop technically Bishop of the Moon, according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law (“any newly discovered territory was placed under the jurisdiction of the diocese from which the expedition which discovered that territory left”). – Source
7. FBI recruited a mafia enforcer to help solve the slaying of three civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in the 1960s. Gregory Scarpa kidnapped a klansman, put a gun in his mouth and forced him to reveal the spot where the three had been buried. – Source
8. In 1996, Mike Tyson paid an aide $300,000 whose sole function was to dress in fatigues and shout ‘guerrilla warfare’ at press conferences. – Source
9. The average length of a freight train in the US is 2000 meters/1.25 miles long. – Source
10. Scientists in the Netherlands are developing an ocean cleaning system which uses the ocean’s currents and a barrier to remove plastic waste. A 100 km long system will be deployed in 2020 to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. There are special bins in Mexico City in which people can deposit their dog’s poop for free WI-FI. The container measures the weight of the poop then emitted a set number of minutes of free Wi-Fi for every pound of feces it collected. – Source
12. Blink 182’s manager told them they needed a radio song on 2001’s album ‘Take Off Your Pants and Jacket’. Mark Hoppus vowed to make the cheesiest “throwaway fu*king single” he could, and wrote “The Rock Show” in 10 minutes. – Source
13. There are secret poems written on Boston’s sidewalks that are only visible when it rains. – Source
14. Charlie Chaplin’s daughter played Charlie Chaplin’s mother in the 1992 biopic “Chaplin.” – Source
15. Gorillas have been observed dismantling snares after a member of their troop was killed by one – Source
16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Due to the limitations of arcade hardware in 1981, Mario was clothed in red overalls and blue shirt to contrast his arms, body, and background. The cap was added to avoid drawing his hairstyle, forehead, and eyebrows. The large nose and mustache avoided the need to draw a mouth and expressions. – Source
17. In 2015, a 1000-year-old body of a Buddhist monk was discovered inside an ancient statue of Buddha. – Source
18. When the US Army planned the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Veterans’ Reunion, they brought 50 coffins. They estimated some vets were so old that they would die at the event. They only had to use 9 of them. – Source
19. The last film ever rented by an official branch of the Blockbuster chain of video stores was “This is the End.” – Source
20. Asking someone their Chinese zodiac is considered a polite way to learn their age. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. NBA player Rick Barry led the league seven times in free throw percentage by shooting the ball underhanded. His free throw percentage was 89.99 at the time of his retirement. Despite the effectiveness of his technique, almost no other basketball player has followed it. – Source
22. Until the invention of the wall outlet, people had to plug their electric appliances into an empty light bulb socket. – Source
23. There is a fungus that digests waste products and produces diesel-like chemicals when provoked. It was found in the Patagonian rainforest by a scientist who believes this could become a renewable source of energy and change our understanding on what oil really is. – Source
24. Greek and Roman depictions of Hercules had cauliflower ear, like an MMA Fighter. – Source
25. Nazis invented the Olympic Torch Relay. It was so successful, that the IOC adopted it ever since. – Source
