Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 660, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The details of the Manhattan Project were so secret that many workers had no idea why they did their jobs. A laundrywoman had a dedicated duty to “hold up an instrument and listen for a clicking noise” without knowing why. It was a Geiger counter testing the radiation levels of uniforms. – Source
2. In 1982, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was rushed to hospital when a fish bone became stuck in her throat, and she ended up having an operation to remove it. Being a keen fisher, she calmly joked when it was done: “The salmon have got their own back”. – Source
3. After the Black Plague, depopulation in Europe caused a shortage of laborers, who then were able to demand higher wages for workers. Some estimates state that the typical worker’s wages had increased by 50 percent. – Source
4. Abdul Baser Wasiqi, Afghanistan’s only athlete at the 1996 Olympics injured himself before the marathon and limped the whole way, finishing in 4:24:17, almost an hour and a half behind the 2nd last finisher. When he arrived, the stadium was already being prepped for the closing ceremony. – Source
5. Vince Coleman was a train dispatcher who sacrificed his life to save hundreds, warning of a massive boat explosion nearby. The message: “Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye, boys.” – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. A neuroscientist discovered he was a psychopath when he unblinded a study that looked at brain scans for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior and realized that his own scan was a match. – Source
7. The Killers’ Mr. Brightside set a new chart record, after spending 260 weeks – or five whole years – in the UK’s Top 100. – Source
8. Emilio Salgari, Italy’s greatest adventure writer and the “Father of Spaghetti Western”, never traveled outside Italy, all he knew about foreign cultures he learned from books and travel manuals. – Source
9. Lamborghini doesn’t have a test track. They simply test their cars on public farm roads in the Italian countryside. – Source
10. There is a forest in Oregon where larch trees were planted in the shape of a smiley face. The larch trees turn orange and drop their leaves every fall, while the surrounding evergreen trees remain green. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. An extremely rare, strong cyclonic storm resembling a hurricane formed over Lake Huron in 1996. It was the first time such a storm has ever been recorded forming over the great lakes region. – Source
12. The daily rum ration given to sailors in the Royal Navy was only stopped in 1970. – Source
13. When Michael Jordan said he wore his UNC basketball shorts under his uniform in every NBA game in the Space Jam (1996 film) he was in fact telling the truth. – Source
14. Between 1967 and 1991 the USSR produced thousands of TV ads for non-existent products. – Source
15. There are apocalypse Guidestones in Georgia with rules on how to rebuild society in 8 languages. – Source
