Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 491, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. The Black Death was personified by an old woman carrying a rake and a broom. If she used the rake, some would survive in between the teeth of the rake. If she used the broom the whole population of an area would die. – Source
2. A California man got ‘NULL’ as a personalized license plate hoping that ‘NULL’ would confuse the computer system. Instead, when cops left the plate number info empty on a ticket or citation, the fine went to him. He got over $12k fines sent to him in his first year. – Source
3. The actor who played Crabbe in the Harry Potter series was arrested for looting a drug store with a Molotov cocktail during the 2011 London riots and spent 2 years in prison. – Source
4. There is a religious group in Japan who believes that Jesus didn’t die on the cross. Instead, it was his kid brother Isukiri. Jesus instead went to Japan and lived there until he was 106-years-old. His grave is found in Shingo and thousands of pilgrims and pagans go there every year. – Source
5. Disney uses code names in the park. Rude visitors are called ‘Treasured Guests.’ Vomit is called ‘Protein Spill.’ Kids peeing in the pool is called ‘Code Winnie.’ Illegally spreading ashes is called ‘White Powder Alert.’ – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. A 9-year-old Pakistani girl, Arfa Karim, was the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) until 2008. When she suffered cardiac arrest in 2011, Bill Gates assembled an international panel of doctors to advise the local physicians treating her and offered to pay for treatment in the U.S. – Source
7. Water towers aren’t for storing water; putting the water higher up pressurizes it, making it easier to distribute. – Source
8. Submarine sonar is no a “ping” like movies and games, but actually EXTREMELY loud and can kill people and sea life. – Source
9. The teen who sold a kidney for an iPhone is now attached to a dialysis machine. He suffered organ failure and is likely to be bedridden for life after suffering renal deficiency. He could get a transplant for $336,000 AUD on the black market more than 80 times what he received for his kidney. – Source
10. In 2002, Steven Spielberg received a bachelor’s degree for completing a course on film and electronic arts at university. To pass the advanced filmmaking class exam, he submitted his own 1993 epic, ‘Schindler’s List’. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. In 1859, a guy released 24 rabbits for hunting into the wild in Australia, a country that had no native rabbit population then. By 1920, their population increased to 10 billion. This is the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal. – Source
12. A California couple’s pet cat stole more than 600 items from neighbors, including gloves, towels, bubble wrap, a San Francisco Giants baseball cap, and even a bikini. The kleptomaniac kitty’s record was 11 items in 24 hours. – Source
13. Part of the reason we sigh is because the alveoli in the lungs collapse with disuse, and a sigh pops them back open by taking in more air. Humans average about 12 sighs an hour, and without them, our lungs would fail. – Source
14. The initial working title of the book was ‘Where The Wild Horses Are’, and the story was supposed to be about a child who escapes to the land of the wild horses. Although his editor loved the idea, Maurice realized he was unable to draw horses, and the idea of the ‘Wild Things’ was born. – Source
15. Initially, the adults of Sesame Street didn’t believe Mr. Snuffleupagus was real, but this was changed to avoid having kids feel that adults wouldn’t believe them when they had something important to say. – Source
