16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. If your headphone plug has 1 stripe, it’s mono; if it has 2 stripes, it’s stereo; if it has 3 stripes, it’s stereo and also passes microphone input. – Source
17. About 85 percent of hospitals still use pagers because hospitals can be dead zones for cell service. In some hospital areas, the walls are built to keep X-rays from penetrating, but those heavy-duty designs also make it hard for a cell phone signal to make it through but not pagers. – Source
18. Despite being a symbol for the antiestablishment, the rights to the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta are owned by WarnerMedia. They had $33 billion in revenue in 2018 and Guy Fawkes masks contribute to that number. – Source
19. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had young infants raised without speaking to them in the 13th century to determine if there was a “natural” language imparted by God. His experiments are proven unsuccessful because all the children raised this way died. – Source
20. Movie trailers were originally shown after the feature film. That’s why they are called “trail”ers. Theaters quickly noticed that people would simply leave when the main feature was complete, so they began showing the trailers before the movie instead; the name just stuck. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. American cyclist Greg LeMond was accidentally shot with 60 shotgun pellets during a hunt, losing him 65% of his blood volume. Two years later, with 35 pellets still in his body, he won the 1989 Tour de France, becoming the first (and only) American to win the tournament twice. – Source
22. Killer Whales slice open Great White sharks and squeeze out their livers ‘like toothpaste’. – Source
23. The TV show “Big Brother” had a policy of keeping the contestants in total information isolation. This included not informing the cast about 9/11. They had to change the policy after one of the cast’s family members was lost at Ground Zero. – Source
24. In 2014 and while trapped in a casino during a blizzard, Bon Jovi put on a full live show for employees and guests who were also trapped. – Source
25. Dalmatians are associated with Fire Fighters because they were originally used as sirens. Dating back to the 1800s, they could keep up with the horse-drawn carriages and warn people they are coming as well as scare off anything that would spook the horses. – Source
