16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. If you do die in space, your body will not decompose in the normal way, since there is no oxygen. If you were near a source of heat, your body would mummify; if you were not, it would freeze. If your body was sealed in a spacesuit, it would decompose, but only for as long as the oxygen lasted. – Source
17. An American in the early 1900s dredged the Sacred Cenote in Chichén Itzá and illegally smuggled to the US nearly 30,000 Mayan artifacts found at the bottom of the cenote. The bulk of the find is in a storage room in the Peabody Museum at Harvard. – Source
18. A synthetic hymen, developed in Japan and sold by a Chinese manufacturer, contains a red dye that mimics blood when the product is broken. In 2009, lawmakers in Egypt called for its outlaw over fears that newlywed women would use the product to fake their virginity. – Source
19. In 1999, the Cape Canaveral area was allocated the telephone area code of 321 (i.e. launch countdown) as homage to its space flight and rocket launch history. – Source
20. In November 1985, a pilot flying over the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia dropped a duffel bag containing 75 lbs (34 kg) of cocaine. The bag was discovered and eaten by a black bear, dubbed ‘Pablo Escobear’ who died of an overdose shortly after. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. In 1869, George Hull hired people to make a stone statue of a man, bury it, then later pretend to discover an ancient giant. The hoax was so lucrative that P.T. Barnum offered $50,000. The owner declined. Barnum had a replica made and said he had the real giant and the owner had the fake. – Source
22. Stan Lee came up with Spider-Man when he was experiencing writer’s block for new superpowers and saw a fly crawling on a wall. Lee then started thinking of names like Insect Man, Fly Man, Stick-to-Wall Man, and Mosquito Man before settling on Spider-Man, because it sounded scary and dramatic – Source
23. San Francisco refused to enforce prohibition – repealing its local ban on illegal saloons, preventing the police from enforcing prohibition, and reprimanding officers who took action against alcohol consumption. – Source
24. One of the prime movers behind the 1954 coup in Guatemala was the United Fruit Company. Although the operation was carried out by the CIA the UFC was deeply involved in advocating for the coup since its’ operations were threatened by Guatemalan land reforms. – Source
25. Your brain/eyes will generate a “light show” (known as the Prisoner’s Cinema) if kept in darkness for long periods of time. The phenomenon is reported by prisoners confined to dark cells and by others kept in darkness as well as; truck drivers, pilots, and practitioners of intense meditation. – Source
