16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Tapatio hot sauce is actually American and is exported from the U.S. to Mexico. – Source
17. Santos Dumont, a Brazilian aviator believed that air travel would bring world peace, therefore he offered his works for free, was accused of espionage during WWI. And he killed himself after witnessing planes being used in warfare. – Source
18. Humans are bioluminescent. Our visible light is 1000 times weaker than what our naked eye can detect. However, images of this glow have been captured by Masaki Kobayashi of Tohoku Institute of Technology, using a specialized sensitive camera. – Source
19. Switzerland is the richest country in the world by financial assets per capita, with the USA coming in second. – Source
20. In season 4, episode 20 of Home Improvement, Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer played Tool Time audience members three years before starring in Half Baked together. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Designed by Benjamin Franklin, the first official circulation coin of the United States was inscribed with the words “Mind Your Business”. – Source
22. In 1989, two brothers flew ultralight planes over the Berlin Wall into East Germany to rescue a brother they’d left behind when they escaped years earlier. They landed at a park inside the DDR, picked up their brother, and flew back to West Berlin in less than 20 minutes. – Source
23. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 became the world’s first space station crew aboard Salyut 1 but died of asphyxiation because of an accidentally opened valve. They were the first and, as of 2020, the only humans to have died in space. – Source
24. The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks. It is one of the busiest Starbucks in the country, and the lines can stretch down the hallway. Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and baristas don’t write names on the cups because the undercover agents felt uncomfortable. – Source
25. Grammy-winning reggae artist Shaggy served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988-1991 and was deployed to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He reached the rank of Lance Corporal but was later demoted for returning to base late from a weekend trip to his music studio. – Source
