16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Heartbreak can cause severe physical pain and nausea. This is believed to be part of the survival instinct. The “social-attachment system” uses the “pain system” to encourage humans to maintain their close social relationships by causing pain when those relationships are lost. – Source
17. During the development of Space Harrier, the president of SEGA insisted that if the graphics were done, a game was ready for release. To properly finish the game, the lead designer rigged a secret switch to the bottom of his desk that would mess up the colors whenever giving a demonstration. – Source
18. In the Viking period, Ulfberht swords were made of crucible (very pure) steel all the way from India. The exceptional quality of this steel made them so valuable that forgers faked the name Ulfberht on lower-quality swords, the equivalent of a fake designer logo. – Source
19. In 2001, an Australian child psychologist allowed a 15-year-old boy with terminal cancer to have sex with a prostitute and lose his virginity before he died. – Source
20. Due to the explosive popularity following the release of A New Hope, the cast was thrust into stardom so quickly that when Harrison Ford went to a record store to buy an album one day, enthusiastic fans tore half his shirt off. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. In the 1950’s Kent Cigarettes used asbestos filters, claiming these filters offered the “greatest protection in health history”. – Source
22. During the 2015 active shooter at the Navy facility in Chattanooga, TN, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, one of four slain Marines, directed his junior troops to clear a nearby neighborhood park that was packed with children. They rounded up all of the children and hunkered down in a building nearby. – Source
23. Stella Kübler was a German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Nazis in hunting down thousands of hiding Jews despite her parents being killed. After the war, she converted to Christianity and became an open anti-semite. – Source
24. A WalMart employee was trampled to death by Black Friday shoppers in 2008. While other employees attempted to help him, the shoppers were unconcerned with the victim’s fate and refused to halt their stampede, complaining that they were not willing to wait in the cold any longer. – Source
25. Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song, written about sleigh racing. – Source
