Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 502, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. The creators of the Game of Thrones TV series, Benioff and Weiss, had no prior experience in television and only limited experience writing movie scripts. Their original pilot episode was so poorly received at test screenings that HBO demanded that they re-shoot 90% of it. – Source
2. Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are widely credited with helping end segregation in Las Vegas, by refusing to perform in venues that wouldn’t allow blacks. – Source
3. An artist, fed up by a poorly-signed exit near LA, secretly painted and installed an improvement that went unnoticed by the DOT for months. – Source
4. Serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer was brutally killed in prison when another inmate beat him to death with a metal bar taken from the prison weight room. The killer later revealed that he was sickened by Dahmer’s crimes and his habit of fashioning severed limbs from the prison food. – Source
5. In 1978, an architectural student discovered that a skyscraper in NY could topple if strong winds hit the building. The engineer that is credited for designing the building then made secret nightly repairs in collaboration with the NYPD, without alerting the general public to the danger. – Source
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6. Ishi is known as the “last wild Indian” in America. He lived most of his life outside modern culture after his tribe, the Yahi (of the Yana group) became extinct in the late 1800s because of the California Gold Rush. He lived alone in the wilderness after his family died. – Source
7. Professors of universities during the Vietnam War inflated students’ grades in order to help them avoid the draft. – Source
8. “King” Jadwiga of Poland was named king of Poland because there were no ruling queens allowed but the rules didn’t specify the king had to be a male. – Source
9. On the set of Kill Bill, Uma Thurman had been on a serious car crash because director Quentin Tarantino insisted she perform her own driving stunts. Thurman knew the car wasn’t safe but Tarantino insisted and she caved. Thurman permanently damaged her neck and her knee. – Source
10. In Russia, the first day of school is called “Knowledge Day” falls on Sept 1st and is a national holiday. Kids and parents celebrate by bringing their kids to school carrying balloons and presents for their teachers, it’s especially special for first graders. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. Producer Deborah Forte of Scholastic Entertainment says they were inspired to create the Magic School Bus TV show after learning that many girls and minorities were opting out of science at young ages. – Source
12. When a girl from India lost both her arms, she received big, dark and hairy arm transplants from a man. However, after a few years, her new arms became more slender and also changed color to match her skin tone. – Source
13. Larry David made a “no hugging, no learning” rule for the 1990’s hit sitcom Seinfeld scripts. He didn’t want the characters to have sentimental revelations. It was a show about four friends, none with particularly active goals, bantering in-between moments of recognizable awkwardness. – Source
14. Schopenhauer called the post-orgasm feeling “devil’s laughter” because it is the realization that we are all slaves to the Will of Life, as it takes precedence over our own happiness. – Source
15. The last uncontacted Australian Aboriginal people living a traditional nomadic life were encountered in 1984 in the heart of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia. They had been unaware of the arrival of Europeans on the continent, let alone cars or even clothes. – Source
