16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Kate Bush topped the UK charts at just 19 y/o with her debut single ‘Wuthering Heights’, the first female artist to do so with a self-written song, and in 2016 she had 8 albums in the UK Top 40 simultaneously, the third-most for any artist, behind only Elvis and the Beatles. – Source
17. George Michael wrote his hit single “Careless Whisper” at 17-years-old out of sheer boredom while riding the bus to work. Despite its success, he was not happy with the song and in a 2009 interview with the Big Issue, he said he was “a bit puzzled why it made such an impression on people”. – Source
18. Scientists have been able to use unique gene therapy to cure the herpes simplex virus in mice with plans to move into human clinical trials in the next three years. – Source
19. There is an upscale Mcdonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong called “Next” that has table service. It has a “create your own” menu with fresher and higher quality ingredients than any other Mcdonald’s. – Source
20. A kidney is donated, the single normal kidney will increase in size to compensate for the loss of the donated kidney. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Mountain Goats are not actually in the same genus as other goats (Capra). Mountain Goats are the last surviving species of the genus Oreamnos. – Source
22. After the Salem Witch Trials, the town realised that they had made a mistake and compensated the families of the people they had convicted. More than 200 people had been accused of witchcraft, and 20 of them had been executed. – Source
23. In 1905, 19 people died playing football. Ten of those killed were aged 17 or younger. People, including President Teddy Roosevelt, called for rules changes. They sought to remove slapping, nose pulling and biting, but critics thought it would make the players soft. – Source
24. Beer was incredibly popular in ancient Egypt. The laborers, like those who worked on the pyramids of Giza, were given a ration of over 10 pints of beer a day. – Source
25. Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult-to-reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks. – Source
