16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. The cheapest and cleanest means of transport for scientists in Antarctica is a tent on a sled powered by a giant Kite. – Source
17. British longbows in the 1600s netted much longer firing ranges than the contemporary Native American Powhatan tribe’s bows (400 yds vs. 120 yds, respectively). Colonists from Jamestown once turned away additional longbows for fear that they might fall into the Powhatan’s hands. – Source
18. Professionals who walk over hot coals and broken glass have confirmed that walking over Lego bricks is more painful. – Source
19. Andrew Carnegie, starting in the late 1800s, funded the construction of almost 1700 public libraries across the country, and over 800 abroad, for any town that would agree to set aside the land, and 10% of the construction cost annually to maintain it. – Source
20. Eminem almost died from a methadone overdose in 2007. Shortly after being released from the hospital he relapsed but quickly after that, he stopped using drugs and has now been sober for ~11 years. The reason he gave for gaining his sobriety is that his family needed him. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Coca-Cola is sometimes used medically to dissolve “phytobezoars,” large indigestible balls of material in the digestive tract. It works by dissolving the material that otherwise would not be broken down. – Source
22. The first settler to successfully grow commercial Tobacco was John Rolfe in Jamestown, in Virginia in 1609. In 1614, the first shipment was sent to England. In 1638, 3,000,000 pounds were being sent annually. By the 1680s, Jamestown was producing over 25,000,000 pounds for export to Europe. – Source
23. About 40 percent of the calls that come into the emergency hotline (911) in San Francisco are deemed nonemergencies. Examples include people complaining about rap music next door, car towing and, in one case, no internet. – Source
24. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys got an F in his high school Music class for writing what would become their breakout hit “Surfin'”. The grade was later changed to an A in 2018 when Wilson was 75. – Source
25. Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. – Source
#16 Someone should pain those tents to look like snails.
“Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.”
Would not want to have tangled with one of those, for sure.