25 Kickass Random Facts List #318

16-20 Kickass Random Facts

16. When asked why nerve gas was not used in Normandy, Hermann Göring said the Nazis were dependent upon horse-drawn transport to move supplies to their combat units, and had never been able to devise a gas mask that horses could tolerate. – Source

17. The illustrator of Animorphs cover didn’t read the books when he was working on them and has never contacted the author although she sent him Christmas presents with candy. Publishers discourage illustrators from developing relations with authors. – Source

18. Cat kidneys are so efficient, they can survive on a diet consisting only of meat, with no additional water, and can even rehydrate by drinking seawater. – Source

19. There is a disease called Witzelsucht, that some call the Joker Disease. It can “cause people to make jokes, puns, and engage in what could be considered inappropriate conversation and/or behaviour.” – Source

20. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, the top search result for reporting mental health abuses, is run by Scientology. – Source

21-25 Kickass Random Facts

21. George Takei spent part of his childhood in an American internment camp. – Source

22. China & Nepal disagreed over the height of Mount Everest. Nepal wanted to include the height of the snow on the summit, and China only wanted to state the height of the rock. They argued for 5 years. It was a 4m difference. – Source

23. Dolphins have personal names: unique whistles to which they respond, even when sound is synthesized. – Source

24. 80% of lightning strike victims are male. – Source

25. An Irish priest was offered free travel on the Titanic to New York but his superior told him to “Get off that ship”. The rest of his life he would tell people “it was the only time holy obedience ever saved a man’s life”. – Source