16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. The names at the 9/11 memorial are not organized alphabetically, by company or location, but rather by how close of a relationship that person had with those names around them. – Source
17. When asked in 1934 “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?”, David Hilbert replied, “There is no mathematics in Göttingen, anymore”. Göttingen had arguably been the center of the mathematical world before then. – Source
18. The actor that played King Joffrey in GOT doesn’t really like the book, care for the show, and actually quit acting for some time. – Source
19. During the early 1900s, hatpins were used by women for self-defense; Mademoiselle Gelas even wrote a manual advising a combination of jiu-jitsu, hatpin stabbing, and umbrella work to fend off men. – Source
20. Bats can breathe through their wings: wings make up 85% of a bat’s surface area and can contribute up to 10% of its gas exchange. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. There are 500 varieties of mangoes, and they are related to the cashew and pistachio family and are one of the most consumed fruits in the world. – Source
22. The character of Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park” was nearly written out of the script. The writers planned to combine him with the character of Dr. Grant, but Jeff Goldblum wanted to be in a Steven Spielberg movie and asked Spielberg to keep the character. – Source
23. There is a Portuguese messianic mystic belief called Sebastianism in which a child King from the 16th century that vanished in battle will come back to save Portugal in its darkest hour. – Source
24. Physicist Wallace Sabine was assigned the impossible task of fixing the sound quality of a poorly designed lecture hall. Despite having no background in acoustics, he discovered a relationship between chamber size, absorption surface, and sound quality. Thus founding the field of acoustics. – Source
25. Barbra Streisand has built a shopping mall in the basement underneath her house, unstaffed and she stocks it with things she buys herself. Need a gift for a friend, she ‘shops’ for it in her own private mall. – Source
