16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. A man called Francis Clifford Smith has been serving the longest prison sentence in the world with 71 years. Sentenced to death for murder in 1949, the verdict was then commuted to life in prison in 1954, only two hours before his scheduled execution. – Source
17. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire co-starred in a movie called Don’s Plum in 2001, but the movie was blocked from distribution in the US and Canada because they’d only agreed to star in a “short” film, not a “feature” film. – Source
18. In 2007, Tacoma Self Storage was visited by a flock of birds. One of the birds landed atop the neon sign and accidentally hit the switch on the ‘S’. Ever since the ‘S’ has been turned off every Black Friday, going dark to make the season bright. – Source
19. Actual Rosa Parks sued OutKast over ‘Rosa Parks’ in 1999. OutKast settled the suit six years later for an undisclosed amount. – Source
20. By launch day, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins accumulated 400 hours in a command-module simulator, running emergency scenarios and rehearsing every step of the journey. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Inuit and Yupik people of Alaska and Northern Canada carved narrow slits into ivory, antler, and wood creating snow goggles to prevent snow blindness. – Source
22. A man flew from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin because it was cheaper than the train. – Source
23. Amazon’s first CFO was later killed in an accident with a van delivering Amazon packages. – Source
24. Far and away the most expensive roller coaster ever built is Hagrid’s Magic Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal’s Orlando Resort, costing $300 million. Meanwhile, the second most expensive roller coaster is Expedition Everest at Disney World, costing three times less at only $100 million. – Source
25. Large portions of the Colosseum were originally covered completely in marble. As the Roman Empire and its capital city shrunk, maintaining an amphitheater became less relevant, and the marble was stripped as being cheap building material for newer construction projects elsewhere in the city. – Source
