Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #68.
1-5 Random Facts Facts
1. “The Blue Marble” is the only whole-earth photo taken by human hands. No one has since been far enough from earth to take a similar picture. – Source
2. The Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international currency to make a progressive timeline of her aging. – Source
3. Neil Armstrong’s 82 year old grandmother told him to have a look around and not step on the moon if “it didn’t look good”. Neil agreed he wouldn’t. – Source
4. Only 2 people (to date) have beaten George Costanza’s fictional Frogger high score of 860,630 points. – Source
5. Helsinki, Finland has a four-times-a-year event called Restaurant Day. The occasion offers anyone the opportunity to set up a restaurant, café, or bar, for just one day, without having to apply for official permits, as long as alcohol is not on the drinks list. – Source
6-10 Random Facts Facts
6. A man called Dobri Dobrev in Bulgaria walks 25 km each day to beg for money for orphanages that are unable to pay their bills. He just recently turned 100. – Source
7. There is a provision in IRS forms to declare sources of illegal income (i.e. selling drugs), but you won’t be prosecuted for such activity. – Source
8. The gangster movie in both Home Alone 1 and 2 was a real movie named Angels with Dirty Faces. The part shown in Home Alone is just a parody of this movie. – Source
9. Inventors of Bubble Wrap were originally trying to make plastic wallpaper. – Source
10. Although Walt Disney World has four parks and more attractions, it has fewer rides than the smaller Disneyland Resort. – Source
11-15 Random Facts Facts
11. Ford had a concept nuclear powered car in the 1950’s, which became the inspiration for the fallout franchise’s cars – Source
12. The Tempest Prognosticator was a 19th century device that kept 12 leeches inside small bottles. They attempted to climb out of the bottles when a storm was approaching, causing a bell to ring. The number of times the bell was struck indicated the likelihood of a storm. – Source
13. Su Hui, a fourth century Chinese poet, wrote a poem in the form of a 29 x 29 character grid. Each line can be read forward or backwards, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. This arrangement allows for 7,940 different readings. – Source
14. Richard II (1393) passed an act in the UK for all pubs to have a sign outside the establishment. “Whosoever shall brew ale in the town with intention of selling it must hang out a sign, otherwise he shall forfeit his ale.” – Source
15. Despite its free-market image, all the land in Singapore is owned by the government, and 85% of housing is supplied by the government’s own housing corporation. About 22 percent of GDP is produced by state-owned enterprises (including Singapore Airlines). – Source
16-20 Random Facts Facts
16. Elaine’s father on Seinfeld, played by Lawrence Tierney, was supposed to be a recurring character, but he horrified the cast and made threatening gestures toward Seinfeld with a knife. – Source
17. An orca from Seaworld named Kandu V, attempted to bite a newcomer ocra, but broke her own jaw and bled to death in front of thousands. – Source
18. People started dyeing cheese orange back in the 17th century to fool people into thinking it was higher quality. – Source
19. There is a disease that strikes starfish “that causes the creatures’ arms to crawl in opposite directions until they tear away from the body, causing the insides to spill out.” – Source
20. During the Qing Dynasty in China, Emperor Qianlong was able to cancel taxes four times during his reign because the imperial treasury was full. – Source
21-25 Random Facts Facts
21. 15 year old John Gurdon’s teacher wrote that teaching him biology would be “a sheer waste of time, both on his part and of those who would have to teach him.” In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in developmental biology. – Source
22. A bear cub named Winnipeg was exported from Canada to the London Zoo in 1915. A little boy named Christopher Robin Milne loved to visit Winnipeg (or Winnie for short) and his love for the bear cub inspired the stories written by his father, A.A. Milne, about Winnie-the-Pooh. – Source
23. Many Cherokee Indians sided and fought with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, both because many were black slave owners themselves and also because they resented the Union for their treatment during the Trail of Tears. – Source
24. A Marine horse named “Reckless” carried 9000lbs of ammo on her own during one battle in Korea. She received 2 purple hearts, and was promoted to Staff Sergeant with a 19 gun salute. – Source
25. Since jellyfish are 98% water, they evaporate in the sun. – Source
