Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 506, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. In November of 1999, Kevin Smith attended a protest against his own movie: “Dogma.” He even made it onto the local news, when the on-the-scene reporter asked him (not knowing it was him) his thoughts on the movie. He responded: “I don’t know, but I’ve been told, ‘not good.'” – Source
2. Although less talked about, the trauma of unexpectedly getting fired is very similar to the trauma of being left by a loved one. – Source
3. Humans have developed injections containing nanoparticles which when administered into the eye convert infrared into visible light giving night vision for up to 10 weeks. – Source
4. Despite the popular use of being ‘low on the totem pole’ being lower down in the pecking order, native Americans would often accord the most prestige to the lowest position on the totem pole, seen as ‘bearing the weight of all other figures’, or at eye level to heighten the significance. – Source
5. In 2008 a school Camden, NJ forced students to eat their lunch off the floor for 2 weeks after a child accidentally spilled water while refilling a water cooler. 7 students won a $500,000 legal settlement. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. In 1867, thousands of formerly enslaved African Americans in New Orleans protested and achieved desegregation of the city’s streetcars, nearly 90 years before the bus boycotts in Montgomery. – Source
7. Toronto has around 90 fake houses (they look real on the outside) which contain transformers that convert raw, high voltage electricity to a voltage low enough to distribute throughout the city. – Source
8. Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice-cream, once consuming 18 scoops in one sitting. His love for ice-cream inspired him to implement a fully-fledged dairy industry in Cuba and he even opened his own ice cream parlor. – Source
9. In 1986, St George’s Place in Glasgow was renamed Nelson Mandela Place. It was the address of the South African consulate, forcing them to use the name of their most famous political prisoner on all correspondence. – Source
10. Approximately 71% of the 34 million 17-to-24-year-olds in the U.S. would not qualify for military service because of reasons related to health, physical appearance, and educational background. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. Female anacondas strangle and eat the males after mating so they can survive the seven months of fasting during the pregnancy. – Source
12. An unnamed 9-yr-old Girl Scout sold over 300 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in 6 hrs from her wagon in front of a San Diego marijuana dispensary in 2018. She followed in the footsteps of 13-yr-old Danielle Lei, who in 2014 sold 117 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in 2 hrs outside a San Fran pot shop. – Source
13. Many Chinese soldiers that came into contact with protestors at Tiananmen Square refused to open fire on civilians. One official even refused to obey orders by pretending he didn’t receive any messages. There was even infighting between the various units over violence against civilians. – Source
14. An American teenager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device until she was able to have a heart transplant. She essentially lived for 118 days without a heart, with her circulation supported only by the two blood pumps. – Source
15. Founding Father John Adams would turn down invitations to July 4 celebrations, believing that July 2 (the date the Continental Congress voted for American independence) was the correct date to celebrate Independence Day. – Source
