16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature and 96% of people can tell the difference between hot and cold water by the sound it makes being poured. – Source
17. Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuaron played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe while filming “The Prisoner of Azkaban” where they placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned himself next to a girl he fancied and set the farts off during a take that had taken ages to get. – Source
18. There is a Dutch bicycle company that put pictures of TVs on their bike boxes to prevent damage while shipping. Doing so saw an 80% decrease in damage. – Source
19. Tom Hardy was addicted to crack and alcohol in his mid-20s. At one point he said that he was “out of control” on drink and drugs before he turned his life around, and was lucky that he did not contract HIV while he was at his lowest. – Source
20. The reason there are so many Thai restaurants in America, is that the Thai government has been training and exporting chefs, using a tactic known as “gastrodiplomacy”. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Research shows that cats that are provided with empty boxes are more interactive, friendly and comfortable with the people around them as compared to those cats that do not have a box to snuggle in. So, it can be said that cats derive comfort and security from boxes. – Source
22. “Schnapsidee” is the German word for a ridiculous idea that only sounds good when you’re drunk. – Source
23. Individuals who get “chills” from music have differently wired brains than those who don’t, more nerve fibers connect their auditory cortex (the part of the brain that processes sound) to their anterior insular cortex (the region involved in processing feelings). – Source
24. It’s hypothesized that warm-bloodedness evolved in mammals and birds because it provided defense against fungal infections. Very few fungi can survive the body temperatures of warm-blooded animals. By comparison, insects, reptiles, and amphibians are plagued by fungal infections. – Source
25. A farmhouse in Gettysburg was used as a field hospital. There was so much blood on the floor, that there is still dried blood between floorboards. When under a blacklight, large bloodstains are still visible. – Source
