16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Margaret Mitchell’s husband said to her “For God’s sake, Peggy, can’t you write a book instead of reading thousands of them?” She went on to write “Gone with the Wind.” – Source
17. Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory currently earns just $8-9 every three months from royalty payments. – Source
18. Forcing left-handed children to write with their right hands is not in any way innocuous or helpful- it is actually harmful to their developing brains and can result in dyslexia, stuttering, and other learning or speech disorders. – Source
19. “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” originated as an idiom to describe a ludicrously far-fetched or impossible task. – Source
20. After a Taliban fighter successfully shot down an American CH-47D Chinook, he bragged about it over his radio. Signals Intelligence was able to determine who had made the call and after only 2 days, an F-16, a C-130, and two Apache Gunships killed him and 5 others using their combined firepower. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Microsoft Flight Simulator is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft at 37 years old, predating Windows by three years. – Source
22. It’s a 50+-year-old tradition in Sweden to watch a specific Donald Duck cartoon at exactly 3 pm on Christmas Eve. Approximately half the country tunes in to watch every year. – Source
23. Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise. This is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer. – Source
24. 95% of the world’s food needs are provided by just 30 species of plants. At least 12,650 species names have been compiled as edible. – Source
25. Charles Dickens once jumped in through the window of his wife-to-be’s home dressed in a sailor suit, did a jig whilst playing the hornpipe, jumped back out the window again and re-entered the room as if nothing had happened. – Source
