16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. The last recorded sword duel took place in France in 1967 after French politician Gaston Defferre yelled “Taisez-vous, abruti” (Shut up, stupid) at René Ribière after an argument at the French parliament. Ribière demanded an apology, Defferre refuse, so Ribière demanded a duel and lost. – Source
17. “The Doll Test” found that given a choice between Black dolls and white dolls, most Black children preferred to play with white dolls and was later cited as a factor in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. – Source
18. In 1937, Hallie Latham disappeared and her body wasn’t discovered until 3 years later by fishermen in Crescent Lake in Washington State, and due to the cold water and minerals in the Lake, her body had been perfectly preserved and turned into a soap-like substance. – Source
19. Denver, Colorado rejected the 1976 Winter Olympics by referendum after bidding for and winning selection to hold the Games. It is the only time a city has rejected the Games after they had been awarded. – Source
20. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in the UK has a £1 million bounty to the first person who creates a product that is 100% chemical-free. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. There is a project underway to bring back an animal from extinction and reintroduce it into its former habitat. The last remaining quagga, a subspecies of the plains zebra, died in 1883, and to date, the Quagga Project has succeeded in producing breeding lineages in 10 locations in South Africa. – Source
22. Burger King discontinued its Halloween Whopper that had a black dyed bun after customers report their poop turning green. – Source
23. King’s Hawaiian Bread was founded by an Okinawan immigrant to Hawaii who based it on the sweet bread that fellow sugar plantation workers from Portugal made and is no longer made in Hawaii but comes from Torrance in Los Angeles. – Source
24. Ariana Richards, the actress who played Lex in Jurassic Park, is now an accomplished painter and even painted a well-known self-portrait during the filming of Jurassic Park. – Source
25. Every baseball used in MLB is conditioned with a specific “baseball rubbing mud”, which has been provided by one family for 3 generations. – Source
