Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 529, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. New Zealand has an official Wizard. He was initially threatened with arrest because of his antics, but after being named a living work of art and performing a successful rain dance during a drought, the PM named him The official Wizard of NZ, Antarctica, and relevant offshore areas. – Source
2. Gary Larson, the creator of The Far Side comics, is teaching himself digital art and has started to make new comics again. – Source
3. In 2013, “The Looney Tunes Show” established that “Yosemite Sam’s” full name is Samuel Michelangelo Rosenbaum. – Source
4. A Russian oligarch rigged the voting of the Voice in favor of his daughter and got caught. – Source
5. The singer who voiced Simba in the original ‘Lion King’ turned down $2 million upfront to take royalties instead. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. The term “Caucasian” was first used for skull traits, not skin color. Caucasian populations were thus not exclusively “white,” but ranged in complexion from white-skinned to dark brown. – Source
7. Squirrels don’t take “fall damage” because their terminal velocity is too low for it to do any damage on impact, it’s the same with ants. – Source
8. 600 years ago the Japanese placed ancient stone markers along the coastline to warn future generations not to build there due to the risk of tsunamis. – Source
9. Maude Flanders (from The Simpsons) was killed in the Season 11 episode titled, “Alone again, Natura-Diddily”. The reason she was killed off was due to a dispute between Fox and Maggie Roswell (the voice of Maude Flanders) about a pay rise. Fox refused, and Maggie quit, so Maude was killed off. – Source
10. A Utah Highway Patrol officer pulled over what he believed to be an impaired driver. It was a 5-year-old who had stolen his parent’s car and made it on to the freeway after an argument with Mom because she wouldn’t buy him a Lamborghini. He was on his way to California with $3 to purchase one. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. The single most destructive bombing in human history was in Japan during WWII, but it wasn’t the atomic bombings, it was firebombing raids on Tokyo. – Source
12. There are 6 Korean Female Pro Golfers who all share the same name, Jeongeun Lee. To prevent mix-ups and confusion, they have been named Lee1, Lee2, Lee3, Lee4, Lee5, and Lee6. – Source
13. In 2013, a California couple found $10M in gold coins in a bucket buried in their yard. – Source
14. When Julie Andrews received her damehood in 2000, Queen Elizabeth said to her that she’d ‘been waiting for this for a very long time.’ One of Julie Andrews’ earliest performances was at age 13, singing “God Save the King” before a then Princess Elizabeth. – Source
15. The common chicken does not exist in the wild, they are the result of the domestication of another species of bird called the “Red Junglefowl” that lives in South Asia. They look like chickens except they live on trees and can actually fly. – Source
