Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #65.
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. In 2007, a Bowhead whale was discovered with the head of an explosive harpoon embedded deep under its neck blubber. The projectile was manufactured in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1890. – Source
2. One of the poorest countries on earth, Gambia, is a hotbed for female sex tourism. Wealthy older European woman seeking out young African men is the country’s main attraction. – Source
3. In the 1860′s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were best friends became local celebrities. Their exploits were celebrated in local papers and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers. – Source
4. Art Scholl, the pilot who was hired to do inflight camera work for Top Gun, died while filming the scene leading to Goose’s death. His plane spun through its recovery altitude, at which time he radioed “I have a problem… I have a real problem”. The film is dedicated to his memory. – Source
5. On August 16, 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. The Wright Brothers were not equally responsible for revolutionizing flight. Wilbur Wright made most of the scientific breakthroughs. He lied and said Orville was there from the beginning to protect his brother’s sensitivities. – Source
7. A 5064 year old pine tree in California is the oldest living individual tree known in the world, whose exact location is kept secret. It was alive while Stonehenge was under construction and around the time that humans developed their first writing system. – Source
8. Casey Kasem quit the Transformers cartoon because they named a fictional Arab city “Carbombya.” – Source
9. In a housing experiment that moved families from poor neighborhoods to wealthier ones, boys experienced PTSD rates comparable to those of combat soldiers, while psychological well-being improved for girls. – Source
10. Hitler planned to rebuild Berlin after the war into a neo-roman cosmopolitan city. One state building, the Volkeshalle was to be so massive, that it could rain inside during events due to 150,000 peoples’ perspiration and breath. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. New Zealand’s native Māori make up only 15% of the population, but over 50% of the imprisoned population. – Source
12. In 1964, 49-year-old John Thomas Doyle left a puzzling suicide note before he jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. It read “Absolutely no reason except I have a toothache” – Source
13. Europeans traditionally swam the breaststroke, while Native Americans swam the front crawl. When two Native Americans won an 1844 swimming competition in England, newspapers criticized their barbaric, “un-European” form. Europeans refused to use the faster front crawl for decades. – Source
14. Chinese armed forces use crossbows at all unit levels to stop persons carrying explosives without risk of causing detonation. – Source
15. “In France, nearly 96% of high schools have condom vending machines.” – Source
16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. People with schizophrenia are not fooled by the Charlie Chaplin Optical Illusion. – Source
17. A Polish Soldier named Dr. Eugene Lazowski saved a village from Nazis by creating a fake epidemic. The doctors discovered if they injected a healthy person with a “vaccine” of killed bacteria, that person would test positive to Epidemic Typhus. The Germans were terrified of the disease. When the “disease” reached epidemic proportions, the Germans quarantined the area. No additional people were sent to concentration or work camps- Source
18. California Penal Codes 837, 839, and 844 allows citizens to round up a posse Wild Wild West style and kick in the front door of someone’s house to arrest them for committing a felony, whether or not a police officer is present for the arrest. – Source
19. The Parrotfish eats dead coral and then poops sand. This sand poop is also responsible for nearly all the white sand beaches in Hawaii. – Source
20. The entire declaration of independence of Indonesia reads: We the people of Indonesia hereby declare the independence of Indonesia. Matters which concern the transfer of power and other things will be executed by careful means and in the shortest possible time. Djarkata, 17 August 1945. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Dire wolves’ extinction has been related to their inability to compete for prey against faster wolves, making them scavengers. – Source
22. When a Ford plant pulled out of Green Island, New York the town seized it’s water-powered electrical turbine by eminent domain and now it provides electric to its residents for about 40% cheaper than surrounding areas. Most residents have electric heat. – Source
23. A man received an emergency satellite locator beacon as a present, didn’t read the instructions and ended up triggering 9 false alarm Search and Rescue deployments over the course of 12 weeks. – Source
24. In 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed more than 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences via telegram. – Source
25. Time Warner, one of the world’s largest media companies, is paid a licensing fee for every Guy Fawkes mask sold. – Source
