16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Wild Bill Hickok usually sat with his back to a wall so he could see the entrance of the building he was in. On his last day, when he went to play poker, the only seat available was one facing away from the door. He tried changing seats twice, but couldn’t. He was shot in the back of the head. – Source
17. In 1991, Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) was arrested by undercover detectives in Sarisota Florida for indecent exposure at a p*rn theater. Pee Wee made an appearance at the 1991 MTV VMAs and received a standing ovation after asking the audience, “Heard any good jokes lately?” – Source
18. In 2004, police discovered a movie theater in the Paris Catacombs. It was equipped with a giant cinema screen, seats, projection equipment, film reels, a fully stocked bar and a complete restaurant with tables and chairs. Its power source and the identity of those responsible remain unknown. – Source
19. Beloved WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was responsible for military troops receiving higher pay when in combat. Pyle felt that ground troops were at equal risk as airmen and that ‘flight pay’ should extend to ‘fight pay’. It became the Ernie Pyle bill. – Source
20. General anesthesia is not simply a deep sleep. EEG (electroencephalography) readingsshow that even the deepest sleep is not as deep as the lightest general anesthesia. General anesthesia EEG patterns are most similar to a comatose brain. General anesthesia is essentially a “reversible coma.” – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Dragonflies are among nature’s most efficient predators, capturing 95% of their intended prey. By comparison, sharks and lions capture only 50% and 25%, respectively, of the prey animals they pursue. – Source
22. Stephen King based his first novel, “Carrie”, on two girls from his school. One was bullied for wearing used clothes, while the other was raised in a highly religious family. The first girl committed suicide by hanging herself at the age of 14, while the other died of an epileptic seizure. – Source
23. Bayard Rustin was told to move to the back of a bus but stopped when a white child reached out to grab his tie, before being scolded by its mom. He thought, “I owe it to that child, that it should be educated to know that blacks do not want to sit in the back”. He was then arrested and beaten. – Source
24. A golden chamber buried under a mountain in Japan contains water so pure it can dissolve metal, and it’s helping scientists detect dying stars. – Source
25. Victor Klemperer, Jewish KZ inmate and post-WWII professor of German literature, wrote a book that analyzed how Nazis introduced a nearly Orwellian kind of German language. Examples are “crisis” for defeat, “connection” (Anschluss) for annexation, and “enhanced interrogation” for torture. – Source
