16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. When Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result, Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum. – Source
17. A whale’s skull is so thick that it requires a world war 2 anti-tank rifle to euthanize one that has beached itself. – Source
18. Jimi Hendrix was discharged from the army due to sleeping on duty and being caught masturbating. – Source
19. In London during the 1930s, infants were commonly hung outside apartment windows in “Baby Cages” so that they could get enough fresh air and sunlight. – Source
20. Adult Swim put an entire episode of Rick and Morty (Rixty Minutes) on Instagram using 109 15 second clips, in reverse order, so that viewers couldn’t watch sequentially until the last clip was posted. “It’s our latest frustrating exercise in audience engagement.” – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Microbiologist Raul Cano successfully revived yeast that had been stuck in amber for 25 million years. He then co-founded a brewery that uses the same 45 million-year-old species of yeast to brew beer. – Source
22. Jerry Seinfeld dated a 17-year-old girl when he was 39 years old. – Source
23. All males in South Korea after reaching the age of 18 must go through at least 21 months of mandatory military service training. – Source
24. President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.” – Source
25. Dorothy Kilgallen, a panelist on the hit TV show What’s My Line?, died under what some consider mysterious circumstances while investigating the assassination of JFK. Shortly before she died, she told a friend, “I’m going to break the real story and have the biggest scoop of the century.” – Source
