25 Kickass Random Facts List #326

Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 325, click here.

1-5 Kickass Random Facts

1. Henryk Siwiak was fatally shot on 9/11/2001 and because the deaths from the terror attacks are not included in the city’s official crime statistics, Siwiak’s death is the only homicide recorded in New York City on that date. – Source

2. 95 percent of those of European origin can trace their maternal roots to one of seven women who lived between 10,000 and 45,000 years ago. – Source

3. Colorado’s two tallest mountains are so close to each other in height that fans of each mountain would repeatedly pile up rocks to try and make their preferred mountain taller. – Source

4. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck originally wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’ with an oral sex scene between the main character and his shrink to see which film execs had truly read the script. They sold the film rights to Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, the only one to mention the scene was wildly out of place. – Source

5. Your rectum and anus are lined by cells similar to those in your mouth, which is why spicy foods can burn just as much on the way out as on the way in. – Source

6-10 Kickass Random Facts

6. Sesame Street creators ignored the advice of child psychologists who were concerned that children would be confused if human actors and Muppets were shown together. Ignoring this advice was seen as a “turning point” in the show’s success. – Source

7. It is estimated that 1,000 deaths occurred in the months following 9/11 because Americans chose to travel by car instead of by plane. – Source

8. Yunus was a slave-magician who joked on stage that he planned to overthrow Roman rule and become king of Sicily. Then he led a huge slave uprising and kept his promises to spare the lives of those who had left him tips. – Source

9. The resting place of Karl Marx has an entry fee. – Source

10. Killer bees are a man-made hybrid species that are only found in the wild because they accidentally escaped quarantine in 1957. – Source

11-15 Kickass Random Facts

11.  In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if it is used on TV or in the newspapers. In France, a law prohibits media from airing images of people in handcuffs, or otherwise restrained, before they have been convicted by a court. – Source

12. 20th President James A. Garfield was ambidextrous and was versed in both Greek and Latin. He would sometimes entertain his friends by having them ask him questions and then writing the answers simultaneously in Latin in Greek using both hands. – Source

13. A teenager hacked CIA director John Brennan’s email by calling Verizon’s customer support and pretending to be a Verizon technician. – Source

14. Secretariat was such a dominant racehorse partly because his heart was roughly two and a half times the size of an average horse. His ample girth, long back, and well-made neck contributed to his heart-lung efficiency. – Source

15. An Apple laptop stinks. One 2001 iBook model used a glue that, after 12-18 months, may begin to smell like human body odor. It is so strong that repairs are difficult because the smell makes people nauseous. – Source